| Author (Person) | Dinmore, Guy |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 6.12.12 |
| Publication Date | 06/12/2012 |
| Content Type | News |
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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right party (Party of Liberty - PDL) abruptly withdrawn its support from Mario Monti’s technocrat government in the Italian parliament for the first time in over a year on the 6 December 2012, plunging Italian politics deeper into confusion and raising the possibility of snap elections in early 2013. Silvio Berlusconi ended weeks of speculation on the 8 December 2012 by confirming that he planned to run for prime minister again in general elections that he said he expected to be held on the 10 March 2013. Subsequently, Mario Monti, Italy’s technocrat prime minister, announced also on the 8 December 2012 that he intended to submit his resignation once the Italian parliament passed the 2013 budget law, a surprise move that could lead to general elections being held in February 2013, one or two months earlier than expected. |
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