# Monti resigns after Berlusconi withdraws support

Date: 2012

On 21 December 2012 [Mario Monti](/people/mario-monti) resigned as prime minister after [Berlusconi](/people/silvio-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.

## People

- Mario Monti: https://factrail.ai/people/mario-monti

## Sources

- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/12/21/monti-resigns-italy-elections/1785679/
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-20814796
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15695056

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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