Berlusconi and the topless menace

Sunday, February 24, 2013. Three half naked women try to prevent Silvio Berlusconi from reaching the polling station, supporting rumours that females “just throw themselves at him”.

The sudden attack of three topless Ukrainian women caused some concern amongst the law enforcement officers escorting Silvio Berlusconi to the polling station (general election take place on Sunday 24 and Monday 25 February in Italy), but the former prime minister of Italy surely did not find himself in a totally unusual situation (having dealt with an entire bunga-bunga army for quite a while), and he did not budge.

FEMEN activist grabbed by Berlusconi's escort

After the first puzzlement, the half-nude women were quickly pinned down in the falling snow, detained by police and then hastily dragged away screaming, creating quite a chaotic scene (you can see it on the video on our YouTube channel) as people stood in queue to cast their vote at Milan's school building.

On the bare skin of the topless girls – member of the feminist protest group FEMEN (their activists aren't new to protests against Italy, watch this video) – Italian writings read “Basta Silvio!” (“Enough of Silvio [Berlusconi]!”), as they got rid of their trench coats and revealed their belligerent intentions. 

The young women were hiding among the members of the press, and tried to force – unsuccessfully – the cordon of policemen escorting the president of the People of Liberty party and his entourage.

Actually some could think that protesting against former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi by showing bare women breasts is just like fighting against world pollution by burning car tyres... surely the funny Berlusconi will find a way to come out with a witty remark on the event!