[…] Mr Barroso’s comments underlined the uncertainty created by the sudden acceleration of Italy’s political crisis following Berlusconi’s decision to turn his back on Mr Monti, whose government his People of Freedom (PDL) party had backed in parliament for more than a year. According to the daily Corriere della Sera, Mr Monti himself said he had been besieged with questions on the crisis while attending a conference in Cannes in the south of France yesterday. […]
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