MILAN: Italy prepared to say farewell to former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday , with thousands of people expected at the billionaire's state funeral in Milan., will be held in the city's Gothic Duomo cathedral and shown live on screens in its square.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Meloni and fellow coalition partner Matteo Salvini, head of the far-right League, were expected to attend the funeral, while the European Union will be represented by its economy commissioner Paolo Gentiloni. Berlusconi is survived by his 33-year-old girlfriend, Marta Fascina, with whom he held a fake wedding last year and who was at his bedside as he succumbed to a rare type of blood cancer.
Parliament was suspended for three days and the government declared a national day of mourning for Wednesday - the first time for an ex-prime minister.
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