Posted on 10/26/2011 7:10:10 AM PDT by dynachrome
Silvio Berlusconi has reportedly drawn up a "secret pact" under which he will resign in December or January, paving the way for Italy to elect a new government in March.
"Don't make a fool of me in Brussels, and I promise that we'll go to elections in March," Mr Berlusconi told the Northern League leader, according to La Repubblica.
Mr Berlusconi's government has been in a state of almost permanent crisis since it was re-elected in 2008, with the 74-year-old prime minister assailed by sex scandals, corruption allegations and deep rifts in his shaky coalition.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
He must have discovered his own Fountain of Yute in sunny Italy.
Leni
Big secret
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