ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi defiantly refused to step down on Friday despite growing desertions from his crumbling centre-right coalition that have left the fate of his government hanging by a thread.
Berlusconi is widely believed to have already lost the numbers he needs to survive in parliament but he told reporters at a G20 summit in France: "We have a majority which I continue to believe is solid and so we will continue to govern."
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