Italian President Doubles Back on Threat to Bring Down Government Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) listening to the government's undersecretary Gianni Letta in June 2011 in Rome. ( VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC