The first is Monti’s surprise resignation in December, after losing the backing of Berlusconi’s party. While he will not run as a candidate (he is already a senator for life), he formed a centrist coalition – affiliated with neither the left nor the right – to contest the election, and has declared his willingness to resume his leadership role if the coalition is victorious.
除国际信誉逐步恢复外，意大利政治格局的两大变化也决定了竞选活动的走势。其一是蒙蒂在失去贝卢斯科尼政党支持后于去年12月突然宣布辞职。虽然不再以候选人身份参选（蒙蒂已被授予终身参议员职位），但他成立了（既不隶属于左派也不隶属于右派的）中间派别联盟，并宣称若联盟获胜他愿意继续担任领袖。