Italy's Berlusconi 'wants coalition with center-left'

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday he was ready to support a coalition government with centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani but rejected another technocrat administration like the outgoing one led by Mario Monti.

"Our position has not changed, we expressed it with absolute clarity to the president," centre-right leader Berlusconi told reporters after meeting President Giorgio Napolitano. (Reuters)