Berlusconi quits Italy's presidential race as health rumours grow - The Times

Silvio Berlusconi has pulled out of the running to become Italy’s next president amid reports of the former prime minister’s growing health problems.

Berlusconi, 85, claimed yesterday he had enough backing from the 1,009 MPs and regional politicians due to elect a new president this week. The media tycoon, whose controversial career has been marked by sex scandals and a fraud conviction, said he was leaving the race out of a sense of “national responsibility” and an effort to avoid “polemics and lacerations”.

He added that he wanted Mario Draghi, the current prime minister, to stay on in government until a general election in 2023 — a shot across the bows of the former European Central Bank governor who has hinted he too wants the

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