Claudio Barbato (left), a member of the opposition FLI party, and Fabio Ranieri (right) from the ruling centre-right Northern League fight in the Italian parliament (Reuters, Ansa, Giuseppe Lami)
Reuters, Ansa, Giuseppe Lami
Members of the Italian parliament came to blows on Wednesday during a debate over economic reforms. A fight broke out between Claudio Barbato (left), a member of the opposition FLI party, and Fabio Ranieri (right) from the ruling centre-right Northern League, over allegations FLI speaker Gianfranco Fini had alleged that the wife of League leader Umberto Bossi had retired at the age of 39. Click through the images for more instances of politicians trading punches rather than platitudes..

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