Crisis will be hard to fix, says Italian senator
The Italian government's cost of borrowing has risen to a new high, a day after the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, announced that he planned to resign.
The interest rate has passed the 7% mark, which is when Ireland, Portugal and Greece had to seek bailouts.
Radio 5 live Breakfast spoke to Lucio Malan, a Senator for Berlusconi's People of Freedom party.
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09 Nov 2011