1、As the Financial Times' Rachel Sanderson pointed out at the time, local elections in May were presented by Berlusconi as "a referendum on himself," wherein he was pretty well trounced.

2、《金融时报》的雷切尔·桑德森(Rachel Sanderson)当时就指出,5月的地方选举,贝卢斯科尼把它搞得像“关于自己的公投”,结果是落花流水。