A member of the Italian Communist Party shows caricatures of Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a protest action close to Verona's prefecture, where Berlusconi met German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder , 23 August 2003, for talks aimed at turning the page on a diplomatic spat between Rome and Berlin this summer, which led Schroeder to cancel a planned Italian holiday. The two had been scheduled to spend Friday evening together in the company of European Commission President Romano Prodi at a performance of Bizet's Carmen in Verona's historic amphitheatre. But only hours before, Berlusconi pulled out, saying he had been warned that a group of "provocateurs" from the Refounded Communist Party intended to disrupt the occasion. (Photo credit should read PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP via Getty Images)
