http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/08/uk-italy-monti-idUKBRE8770ST20120808
ANALYSIS
A new, feistier version of Italian PM Mario Monti has emerged.
Pressured by ex-PM Berlusconi and slumping popularity...the quiet technocrat Monti has been forced to stand-up against Chancellor Angela Merkel...and her kicking 'the bond bailout can' down the road attitude...that threatens Spain and Italy's sour and soaring sovereign debt yields.
The backlash in Berlin against this new version of 'Super Mario' has already begun.
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