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Marina Berlusconi, the eldest daughter of Silvio Berlusconi, has called Giorgia Meloni’s plan to tax banks profits “demagoguery”, the first public criticism of the usually private businesswoman against Italy’s prime minister.Her comments outlined divisions over the issue in the coalition government that includes her late father’s party.Ms Meloni has taken personal responsibility for the measure, which targets extra profits made by banks from higher interest rates.Marina Berlusconi, together with her brother Pier Silvio, has assumed effective control of the family business empire after the death of their father in June.Forza...