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At present, Monti is in power only because the president of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, compelled the PdL, the PD, and the Third Pole to reach a truce before Italy fell into the abyss. These parties give Monti a large but unenthusiastic majority in...
The centrist UDC party and others have even suggested Monti himself should carry on to mend the economy after 2013 despite his vow to step down. There are wide predictions however, that he will become head of state when President Giorgio...
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (R) and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone talk during the celebrations of the 1929 Patti Lateranensi at the Italian embassy to the Holy See in Rome February 16, 2012. The Patti Lateranensi... View Photo »
Italy’s new government, headed by former European Commissioner Mario Monti, has an unlikely supporter in President Giorgio Napolitano, an ex-communist who once praised the Soviet Union for crushing the 1956 reformist movement in Hungary.
And he had a warning to the UK: "Only a deeply insular country might naively believe that integration meant a super-state". Mario Monti - who represents no political party and is a former European Commissioner - was appointed prime minister by the...
Napolitano noted that in the last year, already close relations between Serbia and Italy were further strengthened in all domains. Italy confirms its strong support for Serbia's EU integration, and its EU entry. At the same time, I hope that your...
There are wide predictions, however, that he will become head of state when President Giorgio Napolitano -- architect of the technocrat government -- steps down next year.Italy's borrowing costs, which rose to untenable levels under Mr Berlusconi, have...
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (2nd L), Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco (C), Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti (2nd R) and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone talk during the celebrations of the 1929 Patti Lateranensi at the Italian... View Photo »
Corrado Passera, a former bank chief, being widely mentioned. The centrist UDC party and others have even suggested Monti himself should carry on to mend the economy after 2013 despite his vow to step down. There are wide predictions however, that he...
The centrist UDC party and others have even suggested Monti himself should carry on to mend the economy after 2013 despite his vow to step down. There are wide predictions however, that he will become head of state when President Giorgio...
Giorgio Napolitano (born June 29, 1925) is an Italian politician and former lifetime senator, the eleventh and current President of the Italian Republic. His election took place on May 10, 2006, and his term started with the swearing-in ceremony held on May 15. Full Article
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano arrives to take part in the celebrations of the 1929 Patti Lateranensi at the Italian embassy to the Holy See in Rome February 16, 2012. The Patti Lateranensi documents state rules that govern relations between Italy and Vatican State.
View Photo »ROME, ITALY - FEBRUARY 13: In this photo provided by the German Government Press Office German President Christian Wulff lays down a wreath at a monument on February 13, 2012 in Rome, Italy. German President Christian Wulff is on a three-day visit in Italy and meets Italian...
View Photo »MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 14: In this photo provided by the German Government Press Office German President Christian Wulff holds a speech at the University of Luigi Bocconi on February 13, 2012 in Milan, Italy. German President Christian Wulff is on a three-day visit in Italy and meets...
View Photo »In this photo released by the Italian Presidency, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, right, greets some relatives of the victims of the cruise ship that ran aground last month off Tuscany, in Rome, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Italy's president and top bishop are demanding justice for the...
View Photo »Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano (R) talks to his Latvian counterpart Andris Berzins as they attend a joint news conference in Helsinki February 11, 2012. Finland's President Tarja Halonen is hosting the two-day European Presidents meeting in Helsinki.
View Photo »Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano attends a joint news conference in Helsinki February 11, 2012. Finland's President Tarja Halonen is hosting the two-day European Presidents meeting in Helsinki.
View Photo »Latvia's president Andris Berzis (L) chats with Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano of Italy during a press conference in Helsinki, on February 11, 2012. Halonen is hosting a meeting of eight presidents in Helsinki from February 10 till February 11.
View Photo »Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano (L), Austria's president Heinz Fischerand Finnish President Tarja Halonen (R) attend a joint press conference in Helsinki, on February 11, 2012. Halonen is hosting a meeting of eight presidents in Helsinki from February 10 till February 11.
View Photo »Finnish President Tarja Halonen (C) hosts a joint Press Conference of the Presidents in Helsinki, on February 11, 2012 with (from left to right) Latvia's president Andris Berzis, Christian Wulff of Germany, Giorgio Napolitano of Italy, Heinz Fischer of Austria, Anibal Cavaco Silva of Portugal,...
View Photo »From right, Italian Lower Chamber spokesman Gianfranco Fini, Senate spokesman Renato Schifani, President Giorgio Napolitano, Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, Italian Premier Mario Monti,and Italian Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco meet at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See on the...
View Photo »Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti (L) talks with Vatican secretary of state cardinal Tarcisio Bertone (C) and Italian President Giorgio Napolitano during the celebrations of the 1929 Patti Lateranensi at the Italian embassy to the Holy See in Rome February 16, 2012. The Patti...
View Photo »From left, Italian Premier Mario Monti, Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone and Italian President Giorgio Napolitano meet at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See on the occasion of the 1929 Lateran Agreements, "Patti Lateranensi", anniversary, in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. ...
View Photo »A carnival float called 'Garibaldi fu ferito' showing Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (R) together with Northern League leader Umberto Bossi and other Italian politcians in a building depicting the parliament parade during the carnival in Viareggio on February 5, 2012.
View Photo »In this photo released by the Italian Presidency press office, German President Christian Wulff, left, shakes hands with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, at the Quirinale palace in Rome, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
View Photo »Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (R) shakes the hand of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome December 15, 2011.
View Photo »New ministers are reflected in a mirror as President Giorgio Napolitano leads the swearing-in ceremony of the new Italian government on November 16, 2011 at the Quirinale, the presidential palace in Rome. Mario Monti took over as Italy's new prime minister and appointed himself finance...
View Photo »New Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti (C) swears-in in front of President Giorgio Napolitano during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Italian government on November 16, 2011 at the Quirinale, the presidential palace in Rome. Mario Monti took over as Italy's new prime minister and...
View Photo »ROME, ITALY - NOVEMBER 16: In this handout image provided by Quirinale Press Office President Giorgio Napolitano (R) congratulates new Justice Minister Paola Severino (L) on November 16, 2011 in Rome, Italy. Following the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, after a...
View Photo »Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, background center, talks with journalists after meeting with Italy's new premier-designate economist Mario Monti at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011. Monti received the formal mandate from President Giorgio Napolitano...
View Photo »Italian President Giorgio Napolitano walks past walks past a Cuirassier presidential guard after meeting with Italy's new premier-designate economist Mario Monti at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011. Monti received the formal mandate from President Giorgio...
View Photo »Italian President Giorgio Napolitano speaks to the press after appointing the new Prime Minister on November 13, 2011 at the Quirinale, the presidential palace, in Rome. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Sunday nominated ex-European commissioner Mario Monti to form a new...
View Photo »ROME, ITALY - NOVEMBER 13: Mario Monti attends a press conference after a meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano as he is announced as the new Italian PM-designate, at Quirinale on November 13, 2011 in Rome, Italy. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi handed his resignation to...
View Photo »This handout picture released by the Italian Presidency press office on November 13, 2011 shows President Giorgio Napolitano (R) during a meeting with the president of the senate Renato Schifani at The Quirinale, the presidential palace, during the formal consultations ahead of the...
View Photo »Italian President Giorgio Napolitano waits to talk with politicians at the Quirinale palace in Rome November 13, 2011. Italy's head of state begins talks on Sunday to appoint an emergency government to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and handle a crisis that has...
View Photo »ROME, ITALY - NOVEMBER 13: Italy of Value (IDV) Party member Antonio Di Pietro attends a press conference after a meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at Quirinale on November 13, 2011 in Rome, Italy. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi handed his resignation to the President...
View Photo »Italian President Giorgio Napolitano arrives to take part in the celebrations of the 1929 Patti Lateranensi at the Italian embassy to the Holy See in Rome February 16, 2012. The Patti Lateranensi documents state rules that govern relations between Italy and Vatican State.
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