Perhaps somebody will find this too far-fetched, but – as far as environmental issues are considered, the Italian prime minister seems to be less progressive than Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom…

At a two-day EU climate
change summit last week, Berlusconi threatened to use a veto power to
demand less burden on Italian industry.
[source: Forbes]

while

The Crown Estate, holder of the Queen’s property, has helped trigger a
resurgence of interest for wind projects in the deep waters off Britain
by promising to invest in projects at a time when schemes are
struggling in the face of planning delays and other problems.
[source: guardian.co.uk]