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Monti resigns after Berlusconi withdraws support

On 21 December 2012 Mario Monti resigned as prime minister after Berlusconi's party withdrew its support, keeping his pledge to step down once parliament passed the budget law. President Giorgio Napolitano, who had appointed him in November 2011, asked him to stay on as caretaker; early elections followed in February 2013.

Mario Monti (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 21 December 2012 Mario Monti resigned as prime minister after Berlusconi's party withdrew its support, keeping his pledge to step down once parliament passed the budget law. President Giorgio Napolitano, who had appointed him in November 2011, asked him to stay on as caretaker; early elections followed in February 2013.

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  • Mario Monti

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    Monti resigns after Berlusconi withdraws support. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  2. 2.bbc.com — sourcebbc.com · verified
  3. 3.bbc.co.ukchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: monti+resign · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Monti resigns after Berlusconi withdraws support. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/monti-resigns-2012-12-21

https://factrail.ai/facts/monti-resigns-2012-12-21

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