Miscellaneous
Bertinotti is an icon known to the Italian public for his “aristocratic” public image, mainly conveyed by his French R, his good manners and his elegant sweaters. His fascination with expensive cashmere is also part of his idiosyncrasy. This bourgeois look has often been seen as being in ironic contrast with his far left politics.
Bertinotti has recently been the subject of an internal controversy by former members of his party, notably Marco Ferrando. Bertinotti's position on Italian military presence in Afghanistan has in fact reversed as he became President of the Chamber of Deputies. Formerly contrary, he pushed his party to vote positively to the re-founding of the mission itself, presumably to avoid putting his coalition into trouble.
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