Policies of Silvio Berlusconi despite the policy divide between the U.S. and many founding members of the European Union (Germany, France, Belgium) during the Bush administration. Under his lead the Italian Government also shifted its traditional position on foreign policy from being the most pro-Arab western government towards a greater friendship with Israel and Turkey (Silvio Berlusconi acted as wedding witness for the son of the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan) than in the past, hence rebalancing relations with all the Mediterranean countries to reach "equal closeness" with them. Berlusconi is one of the strongest supporters of Turkey's application to accede to the
Droit du seigneur were thought to be gods. The term has also been used to describe the sexual exploitation of slaves in the American colonies. In modern times Zaire's president Mobutu Sese Seko appropriated the "droit de cuissage" when traveling around the country where local chiefs offered him virgins; this act was considered a great honor for the virgin's family. Bibliography Droit du seigneur Droit du seigneur (; , 'lord's right'), also known as jus primae noctis (; , 'right of the first night'), refers to a supposed legal right in medieval Europe, allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with subordinate women,