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Berlusconi threatens Monti government

29.10.12 @ 09:22

  1. By EUOBSERVER

Italy's ex Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Saturday threatened to topple Mario Monti's technocrat government by having his People of Liberty party pull its support. Berlusconi, who last week received a 4-year jail term for tax fraud, also attacked German-induced austerity which had "only led to recession and pain".