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
Accession of Serbia to the European Union parliamentary majority and government was formed, and the SAA opposition was left without political power. The new Serbian Prime Minister, Mirko Cvetković, announced ""One of the first moves of the new government will be to submit the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union to the parliament for ratification"" and on 9 September 2008 the Parliament of Serbia ratified the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU. The European Commission (EC) subsequently welcomed the ratification of the agreement. On 15 September 2008, the Netherlands froze the trade related part of a pre-accession deal (SAA) with Serbia. The Dutch