Italy's Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti arrives at the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting at IMF headquarters in Washington in an April 25, 2009 file photo. Italian newspapers said on October 23, 2009 that Tremonti was considering resigning over Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's surprise announcement of tax cuts, but a source close to Tremonti said he would not quit. Il Giornale, owned by Berlusconi's family, and best-selling Corriere della Sera ran front-page stories saying Tremonti, the leading advocate of budget discipline in the cabinet, was taken unaware by Thursday's decision to scrap a regional business tax. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Italy's Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti arrives at the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting at IMF headquarters in Washington in an April 25, 2009 file photo. Italian newspapers said on October 23, 2009 that Tremonti was considering resigning over Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's surprise announcement of tax cuts, but a source close to Tremonti said he would not quit. Il Giornale, owned by Berlusconi's family, and best-selling Corriere della Sera ran front-page stories saying Tremonti, the leading advocate of budget discipline in the cabinet, was taken unaware by Thursday's decision to scrap a regional business tax.

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  1. Italy's Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti arrives at the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting at IMF headquarters in Washington in an April 25, 2009 file photo. Italian newspapers said on October 23, 2009 that Tremonti was considering resigning over Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's surprise announcement of tax cuts, but a source close to Tremonti said he would not quit. Il Giornale, owned by Berlusconi's family, and best-selling Corriere della Sera ran front-page stories saying Tremonti, the leading advocate of budget discipline in the cabinet, was taken unaware by Thursday's decision to scrap a regional business tax.
  2. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti (L) attend a news conference in Rome in an October 8, 2008 file photo. Italian newspapers said on October 23, 2009 that Tremonti was considering resigning over Berlusconi's surprise announcement of tax cuts, but a source close to Tremonti said he would not quit. Il Giornale, owned by Berlusconi's family, and best-selling Corriere della Sera ran front-page stories saying Tremonti, the leading advocate of budget discipline in the cabinet, was taken unaware by Thursday's decision to scrap a regional business tax.
  3. Italan Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (C) arrives late to pose for a family picture with European Ministers of Finance during the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen on October 1, 2009 in Gothenburg. European countries met on today to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits.
  4. Italian Minister of Economy and Finance Giulio Tremonti (R) speaks with Luc Frieden (L), Luxembourg's Minister of the Treasury, following a family photo after the Eurogroup working session alongside the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 1, 2009. European countries met today to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits.
  5. EU Commissioner in charge of Economy and Monetary Affairs Joaquim Almunia (L) fixes the tie of Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (C) under the sight of Spanish Minister of Economy and Finance Elena Salgado (R) before the group photo of ministers of Finance during the informal ECOFIN meeting at the Eriksberghallen in Gothenburg on October 1, 2009. European countries met on today to kickstart plans to end economic pump priming, but hesitated to commit to fixed dates for a coordinated exit stategy tackling bloated deficits.
  6. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (L) talks with Italian counterpart Giulio Tremonti (R) at the start of an Eurogroup finance meeting at the EU Council in Brussels December 1, 2009.
  7. International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) shakes hands with Argentina's Economy Minister Amado Boudou during a meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009. Argentina has still not reached a decision on allowing a mission from the International Monetary Fund to review the country's economy, Boudou said on Wednesday on C5N television. Picture taken on October 6, 2009.
  8. Turkish protestors chant slogans during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest near the summit area in Istanbul on October 7, 2009.
  9. Turkish protestors face riot police during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest near the summit area in Istanbul on October 7, 2009.
  10. International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) shakes hands with the incoming Development Chairman Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa at the Istanbul Congress Center October 6, 2009.
  11. Turkish protestors vandalize a bank during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest on Taksim square in Istanbul on October 6, 2009. Turkish riot police broke up the demonstration by some 1,500 young protestors against the IMF and World Bank annual meetings.
  12. A protester waers a mask during a anti-International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank protest on Taksim square in Istanbul on October 6, 2009. Turkish riot police on broke up the demonstration by some 1,500 young protestors against the IMF and World Bank annual meetings.
  13. ROME - NOVEMBER 16: Libyan leader Muammar El-Gheddafi, delivers a speech during the opening of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on November 16, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  14. ROME - NOVEMBER 16: Libyan leader Muammar El-Gheddafi, delivers a speech during the opening of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on November 16, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  15. ROME - NOVEMBER 16: Libyan leader Muammar El-Gheddafi, delivers a speech during the opening of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on November 16, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.
  16. ROME - NOVEMBER 16: Libyan leader Muammar El-Gheddafi, delivers a speech during the opening of the World Summit for Food Security 2009 organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on November 16, 2009 in Rome, Italy. The summit runs from November 16 until November 18 and will see the participation of more than 60 heads of state and government.

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