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Former Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) chats with Renato Schifani during a confidence vote for the new governement on April 30, 2013 at the senate in Rome. Italy’s new prime minister will face an early test of his mission to reverse Europe’s austerity course Tuesday as he meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel after vowing to stop a policy he says is killing his country. AFP PHOTO / ANDREAS SOLARO