<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Berlusconi" id="mwAWY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Silvio Berlusconi">Silvio Berlusconi</a> tenders his resignation as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Italy" id="mwAWc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of Italy">Prime Minister of Italy</a>, effective November 16, due in large part to the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_sovereign_debt_crisis" id="mwAWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="European sovereign debt crisis">European sovereign debt crisis</a>.