Berlusconi to back eurosceptic League

SILVIO Berlusconi will support the leader of Italy’s eurosceptic partner the League in attempts to form a government, the former prime minister said yesterday.

The four parties in the centre-right coalition agreed during the campaign that the leader of the party that won the most votes would head a government.

In a personal defeat for Berlusconi, the far-right League surpassed his Forza Italia (FI) party in Sunday’s elections.

The vote produced a hung parliament and talks to form a government will take weeks and possibly months.