Stefano Corradino, writing in the independent daily Il Fatto Quotidiano, said Mr Berlusconi would run again "in order to save himself from the trials... and to give a bit of help to his companies".

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Michele Dotti, writing in Il Fatto Quotidiano , focuses more on Mr Berlusconi's repeated claims that he is the victim of a political conspiracy conducted by what he considers to be a left-leaning judiciary, which he often refers to scathingly as "le toghe rosse" or "the red togas".

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