[ Ссылка ] The leader of one of Italy's ruling coalition parties has described Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as a 'problem' preventing early elections.
Umberto Bossi, who heads up the Northern League, said he thinks it will be hard for the government to continue until 2013, when Berlusconi's mandate runs out.
Bossi would prefer going to the polls sooner, but thinks that would be 'complicated' because of the prime minister, though he did not specifically mention why. Berlusconi has faced a series of scandals threatening his reputation.
