The second reason its birthday party will be muted is the growing power of the Northern League, many of whose members regard unification as a cause for lament.

举办这一生日庆祝活动的第二个原因是为了缓和与日益强盛的北方联盟的关系。许多这一联盟的成员把统一作为国力不盛的一个原因。

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Roberto Calderoli, a minister from the far-right Northern League party, has called for the team's president Luca di Montezemolo to quit.

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Roberto Maroni said it was explicitly ruled out by an electoral pact between his Northern League party and Mr Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL).

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However, a dispute with his right-wing coalition partners from the Northern League Party, as well as an indictment for alleged tax fraud, ended Berlusconi's tenure in the job after barely seven months.

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