Italy PM Monti says he will resign when budget passed

[…] It will also increase speculation that he could be eyeing a run as a candidate in the election himself.  At a conference in France earlier, Monti, widely credited with restoring Italy’s international credibility after the scandal-plagued Berlusconi era, appeared to take aim at Berlusconi, warning against populism”.  He said Italy should not go back to where it was when he took over for Berlusconi a year ago. […]