Crisis forces Berlusconi to cancel summer holiday

Italian PM, Silvio Berlusconi, cancels his summer 2010 holiday to reorganise his People of Liberty party. His bid to regain the initiative follows the resignation in quick succession of two ministers and a senior Treasury official caught up in corruption cases that have rocked the government, giving rise to speculation that Italy is heading for early elections.

ESO: Background information: Blow to Berlusconi as new minister quits http://www.europeansources.info/record/blow-to-berlusconi-as-new-minister-quits/

Corriere della Sera, 15.7.10: Cosentino Steps Down after Meeting with PM http://www.corriere.it/International/english/articoli/2010/07/15/P3-inquiry-nicola-cosentino.shtml

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