The President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, received Mario Monti yesterday at 19 pm at the Quirinale, who, having completed the parliamentary process of examining and approving the stability law and the state budget, resigned from the government headed by him. The President acknowledged the resignation and invited the government to remain in office for the handling of current affairs. The Head of State will consult the Presidents of the parliamentary groups today. Now doubts remain about the premier's descent into the field. The pressure from the center area – from the UDC, to Montezemolo, to Andrea Olivero – hasn't been enough so far to unblock the decision. His press conference is set for 11 on Sunday morning.
Yesterday afternoon, the Professor spoke at the Farnesina, to sum up the work of the Italian ambassadors in the world after a year that marks "a complex phase in Italian public life and in Italy's positioning" abroad. Monti had underlined that "in this year of government I have made many trips abroad, despite the great difficulties of reconciling them with the numerous and delicate commitments on the internal front". And, closing the Conference of Italian ambassadors in the world, he confirmed that those just pronounced are "the last act and the last words before those for the formal resignation in the hands of the Head of State". 2They have been thirteen difficult but fascinating months” Monti also said.
