Silvio Berlusconi steps up Italy presidential campaign with threat to coalition

Forza Italia leader will reportedly withdraw party from government if Mario Draghi is elected president

Silvio Berlusconi has reportedly threatened to withdraw his Forza Italia party from Italy's governing majority if the current prime minister, Mario Draghi, is elected president later this month.

The scandal-tainted media tycoon, who served four times as prime minister, is in Rome from Tuesday on the hunt for votes as he ramps up his own presidential campaign.