Berlusconi has been in power for eight of those years, though, as Giuliano Ferrara, the editor of Il Foglio, puts it, the popular perception is that, given his commanding personality, he has ruled the whole time.
Berlusconi ha estado en el poder durante ocho de esos años, aunque, como dice Giuliano Ferrara, director de Il Foglio, la percepción popular es que, dada su personalidad dominante, ha gobernado todo el tiempo.