Berlusconi defeated, decides to back Italy gov't
Silvio Berlusconi has announced his party will vote to support the government of Premier Enrico Letta, a major turnabout that signals he was defeated in his efforts to bring down the government.
In brief remarks Wednesday before the confidence vote, Berlusconi said: "Italy needs a government that can produce structural and institutional reforms that the country needs to modernize. We have decided, not without internal strife, to vote in confidence." (AP)
