I have never voted for Berlusconi, but he has been a minor figure in Italian politics since 2011, and in terms of actual policies implemented during his governments, he has done very little that I would call dangerous, crazy or ruinous.

Since the euro, there has been very little room for European countries to implement any kind of adventurous domestic and foreign policies, if you exclude France's shameful bombing of Libya.

Forza Italia (Berlusconi's party) was one of the main members of the European People's Party, certainly not a den of extremists.