Political career of Silvio Berlusconi Political career of Silvio Berlusconi The political career of Silvio Berlusconi began in 1994, when Berlusconi entered politics for the first time serving intermittent terms as Prime Minister of Italy from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011, his career was racked with controversies and trials; amongst these was his failure to honour his promise to sell his personal assets in Mediaset, the largest television broadcaster network in Italy, in order to dispel any perceived conflicts of interest. In the early 1990s, the five pro-western governing parties, Christian Democracy ("Democrazia Cristiana"), the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian
Party for a Rule of Law Offensive of them joining the CDU. The members who hadn't left elected a new leader and changed their short name to "Offensive D". Under that name, they came in last at the 2005 German federal election, polling 3,338 out of over 47 million votes (less than 0.01%). The party dissolved due to poor election results and financial problems in September 2007, having lost several leading figures and entire state groups to other right-wing parties such as the Centre Party. Party for a Rule of Law Offensive The Party for a Rule of Law Offensive, Rule of Law State Offensive Party, Party