Posted on 04/18/2005 4:36:16 PM PDT by el_doctor2
ROME — Premier Silvio Berlusconi (search), expected to resign and form a new government to strengthen his conservative coalition, said after meeting Italy's president Monday that he had not stepped down, news agencies reported.
After an earlier emergency meeting of coalition leaders in Rome, Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini (search) told reporters that Berlusconi would resign, ending Italy's longest-serving postwar government.
But when asked by reporters if he had handed in his resignation to President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (search), Berlusconi responded, "No," the ANSA news agency reported. Berlusconi was quoted as saying he would explain the situation in parliament, but it was unclear when he would do so.
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Okay...Now I'm really confused.
In other reports, Zarqawi has just been arrested by Italian authorities.
Its the media getting the story wrong.......again
I wouldn't be surprised to see an effort to force Berlusconi out led by his enemies in parliament and aided by leftist media.
Plus, having watched the media's ridiculous and ill-informed coverage of the Vatican, they probably don't understand half of what goes on in the Italian government, either.
Sometimes I think we should get our European news by calling people in Europe at random and asking them what's going on.
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