"We will avoid ending up like other European herve leger grey dress countries that are bleeding. I take credit for protecting Italy's public debt and it would be mad to put everything up for discussion in an uncertain economic crisis," he added.
Berlusconi's governing coalition has turned the vote on the stimulus measures in both Houses of the Parliament as a show of confidence after it suffered serious setbacks in local elections and four national referendums.
Earlier this month, Berlusconi suffered a major setback when the country's voters overwhelmingly rejected his nuclear power plans, policies on water privatization and providing legal immunity to Government Ministers.
Rejection of the immunity law came as a major blow to Berlusconi, who herve leger bikini himself is currently facing four different trials, three on corruption and tax fraud and one for paid sex with an under-aged Moroccan nightclub dancer and abusing his powers to conceal the liaison. The millionaire Premier has denied any wrongdoings in all the four cases.
Prior to the referendum, Berlusconi's center-right coalition had suffered major loses in the recently-held local elections, failing to hold on to several of its previous strongholds including the prestigious city of Milan.
Berlusconi's grip on power has been weakened in recent months by a series of sex scandals and bitter divisions in his coalition. He narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in the Parliament earlier in the year. His current herve leger halter dress term in office is due to end in 2013.
Experts say Berlusconi's biggest challenge yet will come in a few weeks time when he attempts to get parliamentary approval for measures worth around $57 billion for reducing the country's budget deficit by 2014, mainly because of Northern League's demand for tax cuts.
