Marina Berlusconi alarmed at wave of extremism in EU

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 26 - Marina Berlusconi has said she is worried about the rise of extremism within Europe.
    "The success of movements with anti-democratic ideas in the European elections cannot fail to cause alarm," the 57-year-old chair of Berlusconi family holding company Fininvest and publishing group Mondadori said in an interview with Wednesday's Corriere della Sera.
    "Concerns about the consequences of the upcoming vote in the United States are growing.
    "We need a stronger and more cohesive Europe, capable of making people perceive all the benefits of true unity".
    When asked about the political situation in Italy, she said that the government 'has always fully respected the rules of democracy and in foreign policy has kept the bar straight on pro-European and pro-Atlantic Alliance positions".
    She added that there were also issues she was less in agreement about.
    "On civil rights, for example, on abortion, end-of-life or LGBT rights, I feel more in tune with the common-sense left," said the oldest child of late ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi. (ANSA).