Italy’s infamous Silvio Berlusconi pulled his ministers out of the ruling coalition on Saturday, effectively leaving Europe’s third-largest economy in chaos.
But in a move that may give Prime Minister Enrico Letta a chance to save his government, some 20 senators may create a new group to keep Letta’s parliament power in tact.
With Italy falling behind in its efforts to bring the budget deficit under European Union limits and youth unemployment at nearly 40 percent, the prolonged wrangling between the parties has blocked efforts to reform the economy, after two years of recession.
Photo: Upper house of parliament in Rome. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito
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