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George Papandreou: Greek Prime Minister

Open Revolt Dept: Andrew Medichini / The Associated Press Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi above left , with Reforms Minister Umberto Bossi in Parliament Tuesday, and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou inset have both been casualties of the European financial crisis. CP, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Berlusconi promised to leave office after Parliament passes economic reforms demanded by the European Union to keep Italy from sinking into Europe's debt mess. He came to the decision hours after a vote on a routine piece of legislation made it clear he no longer commanded a majority in the lower Chamber of Deputies and greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks during a confidence vote meeting at the parliament in Athens, on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Greece's ruling Socialists were in open revolt against their own prime minister ahead of a confidence vote Friday, in a political free-for-all over a new European plan to keep the deeply indebted country afloat. AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris CP Enlarge Image ROME -- Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi conceded Tuesday he no longer had the support to govern and announced he would resign like his Greek counterpart, becoming the biggest political casualty yet of the European debt crisis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.