European Commission President President Jose Manuel Barroso poses with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti (L) ahead of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels December 13, 2012. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
ROME (Reuters) - Outgoing Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and the man most likely to succeed him brushed off Silvio Berlusconi's latest turnaround on Thursday as speculation grew that the billionaire might drop out of the election race.
Monti, speaking in Brussels, refused to comment on former premier Silvio Berlusconi's offer to withdraw his own candidacy in next year's election if the former European commissioner Monti agreed to head a centre-right coalition.
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