Berlusconi Adds to Italy Turmoil With Signal He’d Step Aside
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Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi threw his week-old political comeback into doubt, signaling he’d yield if Premier Mario Monti agrees to enter the election campaign as part of a coalition of “moderates.”
“If Monti decides to accept the request of the whole moderate bloc” and seek the premiership, “I would not have any problem in withdrawing my bid to be prime minister and could accept to be the coordinator of the coalition,” he told reporters in Rome late yesterday.