But the 76-year-old 's intention to return to frontline politics has been rumored in the months since . Prime Minister Mario Monti plans to step down after passage of a budget , stability measures . `` I return to politics with despair and out of a sense of responsibility , '' says Silvio Berlusconi . The Italian prime minister is expected to announce his resignation on Monday in the wake of an inconclusive vote for new elections that left him without enough support from within his own party or coalition partners to form He resigned in November 2011 amid a national economic crisis .
Prime Minister Mario Monti plans to step down after passage of a budget , stability measures . `` I return to politics with despair and out of a sense of responsibility , '' says Silvio Berlusconi . The Italian prime minister is expected to announce his resignation on Monday in the wake of an inconclusive vote for new elections that left him without enough support from within his own party or coalition partners to form He resigned in November 2011 amid a national economic crisis .