Let it never be said that Silvio Berlusconi isn’t resilient.
Italian Premier Mario Monti announced over the weekend that he’s resigning early because former prime minister Berlusconi’s party, the People of Freedom, pulled its support for his policies. The same day, Berlusconi announced he is running for the premiership again.
Though he’s hinted at a comeback previously, this time Berlusconi said he had a “responsibility” to run, even though he and his party hit record-low popularity ratings of 31 percent last year as he was leaving office, and his poll numbers have nearly halved since then.