Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Washington Post - Anthony Faiola: "Italy’s Berlusconi offers to resign amid mounting debt crisis"

"Italy’s Berlusconi offers to resign amid mounting debt crisis" By Anthony Faiola, Updated: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/italys-berlusconi-faces-crucial-vote-amid-mounting-debt-crisis/2011/11/08/gIQAkZBWzM_story.html?hpid=z2?wpisrc=al_national

ROME — Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi offered Tuesday to resign after parliament passes a key economic reform bill.

The embattled 75-year old media tycoon made the offer to Italy’s president as the country teetered on the brink of a full-blown debt crisis. Earlier Tuesday, Berlusconi’s political support appeared to be crumbling, ratcheting up pressure on him to quickly resign... http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/italys-berlusconi-faces-crucial-vote-amid-mounting-debt-crisis/2011/11/08/gIQAkZBWzM_story.html?hpid=z2?wpisrc=al_national

++++++ And to think that Mr. Silvio Berlusconi just wrote, "The voices of my resignation are unfounded..." Guess he changed his mind. Then again, losing Mr. Bossi was not helpful... The Washington Post wrote, "The bruising vote came after one of Berlusconi’s most formidable political allies — Umberto Bossi of the right-wing Northern League, part of Berlusconi’s ruling coalition — took the extraordinary step Tuesday of calling for the prime minister’s resignation."

Washington Post - Anthony Faiola: "Italy’s Berlusconi offers to resign amid mounting debt crisis"
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