Italy - Politics - Mario Monti Italy's newly appointed Prime Minister

Italy's newly appointed Prime Minister Mario Monti arrives for a press conference after a meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano as he is announced as the new Italian PM-designate, at Quirinale on November 13, 2011 in Rome, Italy. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi handed his resignation to the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano on Saturday evening, ending his controversial 17-year political career after the Lower House of Parliament approved the Government's austerity package (Photo by Alessandra Benedetti/Corbis via Getty Images)