Brussels, 21/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - The president of the Italian Council, Silvio Berlusconi, would be in favour of a “hard core” of member states (including Italy) going forward with European integration, unhindered by the unanimity rule, if the Lisbon Treaty fails to be ratified in Ireland (referendum on 2 October) or in another member state. In a press statement made on 18 September in Rome, according to AFP, Berlusconi's Slovenian counterpart, Borut Pahor, declared: “Europe isn't...