Rebels pull out of Berlusconi government

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Tweet – The rebel group that has challenged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pulled out of his struggling centre-right government on Monday, heightening prospects of early elections in the coming months. EU Affairs Minister Andrea Ronchi, Deputy Industry Minister Adolfo Urso and two undersecretaries loyal to Berlusconi’s rival Gianfranco Fini handed in their resignations, ratcheting up pressure on the 74-year-old prime minister. “We all agree today that we need to move to a new phase in the Italian centre-right,” Urso, one of the…

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