A murderous sex attack by a Romanian in Rome in October 2007 first stirred demands for a crackdown on crime and foreigners, to which Mr Berlusconi successfully responded in the election campaign.

• 2007年十月的一起由一个罗马尼亚人制造的致命性性袭击案件引发了人们对严厉打击外国人和犯罪的要求，贝卢斯科尼先生在大选中成功的对此作出了回应。