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...Italian cabinet minister Mara Carfagna, a former Miss Italy contestant and television presenter, has long been one of the most prominent faces in Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party....
...On the right, two heavyweight ministers from Forza Italia, Mara Carfagna and Mariastella Gelmini, have quit the party in disgust at Berlusconi’s role in torpedoing the Draghi government....
...The EU recovery funds and a governmental plan to boost southern Italy’s economy offer a unique opportunity to correct the country’s north-south divide, said Mara Carfagna, Italy’s minister for the South...
...Mara Carfagna, a former beauty queen elevated by Mr Berlusconi to ministerial status in his last government, commented that the Senate was writing “a memorable page in the history of Italy, the darkest ....
...Some prominent politicians in Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right People of Liberty party, including Maria Carfagna, a former minister for equal opportunities, also urged Mr Calderoli to go....
...This time, however, there are no new television showgirls, although Mara Carfagna – former beauty queen and topless model who won some cross-party respect while serving as minister for equal opportunities...
...Kihlgren’s work has restored the character of the village to its 13th-century origins, when it flourished on the wealth of the Carfagna sheep wool industry....
...The Italian women – from politics, media, industry and the jet-set – were selected by Mara Carfagna, equal opportunity minister and a former topless model. No members of the opposition were present....
...After all, Mr Berlusconi appointed Mara Carfagna, a former beauty queen and presenter on one of his television channels, his minister for equal opportunities, who will be helping him host this week’s summit...
...Women groomed by Mr Berlusconi – including Mara Carfagna (equal opportunities minister) and Stefania Prestigiacomo (environment) – are loyal, but in the current circumstances find it difficult to speak out...
...Carfagna fiercely denied the allegation, and issued a suit for defamation against Guzzanti....
...Carfagna objected to Guzzanti’s allegation at the same rally that she owed her rapid promotion to granting the 72-year-old prime minister sexual favours....
...Ms Carfagna, a law graduate, has responded with dignity and a lawsuit....
...But this is Italy, worldly enough to accept a former showgirl, Mara Carfagna, as its minister of equal opportunity. These people are not easily distracted by carnal mischief....
...Only four women were among the 21, including Mara Carfagna, a 32-year-old former beauty queen and television soubrette who was named minister of equal opportunities and 31-year-old Giorgia Meloni, appointed...
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