{{Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Saturday he would run again as his country’s leader, signaling a return to the limelight for the nation’s most flamboyant politician.}}<\/p>\n
The billionaire resigned as prime minister just over a year ago at the height of his country’s debt crisis, bringing to an end an 18-year era in which he dominated Italian politics.<\/p>\n
Since then, Italy has been run by an unelected, technocratic government headed by economist Mario Monti.<\/p>\n
Monti plans to step down after passage of a national budget and stability measures, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said in a statement Saturday after meeting with Monti.<\/p>\n
“The prime minister doesn’t consider it possible to further carry out its mandate and thus he expressed his intention to resign,” it read. <\/p>\n
The statement referenced comments made this week by the secretary of Berlusconi’s party, who said that the party considers “Monti’s experience concluded.”<\/p>\n
If Monti resigns before the new year, elections could be held as early as next February, a few months earlier than the natural end of the legislature.<\/p>\n
In a message posted on his website and Facebook page, Berlusconi said: “I’m besieged by my people that are requesting that I get back in the battlefield leading the People of Freedom, PDL party.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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