ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi named Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti as a potential successor to lead the centre-right if he decides not to stand again in elections planned for 2013.
The comments, during a television discussion show to be aired on Wednesday, follow a series of attacks on Tremonti in a newspaper owned by the Berlusconi family, underlining the uncertain climate in the centre-right.
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