Government Mario Monti

On November 8, 2011, the Italian Chamber of Deputies voted to approve the fourth government of Berlusconi on budget execution, but only 308 people voted in favor, which was less than the total number of deputies of the ruling coalition. Berlusconi resigned on November 12, 2011, and on November 13, President Napolitano commissioned the formation of a new government, Mario Monti. On November 16, the ministers took the oath, on November 17, the Senate voted in favor of the government (281 “for”, 25 “against”, there were no abstentions), on November 18, the Chamber of Deputies did the same (556 “for”, 61 “against”, there were no abstentions ) The government was "technocratic", the ministers did not represent any parties and were not considered political appointees. On November 24, 2011 in Strasbourg, Monti unsuccessfully tried to find a common language with Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy on the issue of financial policy necessary for the recovery of Italy. On November 30, an inter-party agreement was reached in the Chamber of Deputies on ensuring a balanced budget. On December 4, 2011, a resolution was adopted on the “fiscal maneuver” of the government, which envisaged austerity measures, which were approved by the Senate on December 22. On February 9, 2012, Monty met in Washington with US President Barack Obama , seeking to restore Italy's international authority. On May 20, 2012, the main provisions of the reform of labor legislation were announced. On June 28-29, 2012, during the summit of the European Union countries, new measures of financial recovery were approved, as a result of which Italy was under external pressure. On December 6, 2012, on behalf of the People of Freedom , Angelino Alfano announced the end of the period of activity of the Monti government, and factions of this party refrained from supporting government bills in the elections in both houses of parliament, initiating a government crisis ^[1] .

On December 8, 2012, an agreement was reached between Monti and President Napolitano that the government would resign after the Parliament approved the Stability Pact. On December 21, after the adoption of this law, Monti officially announced his resignation. ^[2]

On February 24-25, 2013, parliamentary elections were held , as a result of which the Letta government was formed, which took the oath of office on April 28, 2013.

On July 11, 2012, Mario Monti handed over his position as Minister of Economics and Finance, Vittorio Grilli , who had previously been Deputy Minister. At the same time, the Committee for the Coordination of Economic and Financial Policies ( Comitato per il coordinamento della politica economica e finanziaria ) was created with the participation of relevant ministers and the possibility of inviting to individual meetings the President of the Bank of Italy ^[3] .

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata resigned on March 26, 2013 due to allegations from the Chamber of Deputies after the return of two Italian marines from Italy to India accused of murder by the Indian authorities. ^[4]

• Governo Monti (dal 16 novembre 2011 al 27 aprile 2013) (Italian) . Governo Italiano. Date of treatment February 22, 2014.
• The new Prime Minister of Italy, Monti formed a government, he is going to become Minister of Finance // Gazeta.ru (November 16, 2011)