Four-times premier was taken to hospital in Milan on Wednesday with breathing problems
“I spoke this morning with Professor [Alberto] Zangrillo [Berlusconi’s personal doctor] and he told me that Berlusconi spent a quiet night, his condition is stable,” Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani told RAI state television.
“We all want to be optimistic and we hope that the lion will return soon to take charge of the party. He’s our political leader and of course he never gives up,” Mr Tajani told the broadcaster. Mr Berlusconi, who made his fortune from commercial television, has suffered repeated bouts of ill-health in recent years and came out of the same hospital just last week after being treated for a few days.
But he returned to the Italian Senate after a national election last September and there is no obvious successor as leader of his party.
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