>> my horizon is really long term concerning the reforms that we implanted in the italian economy inm to generate benefits also in the long term, but my personal horizon in this current occupational end definitely with february 2013. >> reporter: no doubt about it? >> no doubt about it. >> do you believe him? he says, come april, he's done. >> i don't think so. i mean, first of all, you don't have clear candidates out there that would replace him. berlusconi has been hinting he wants his job back. i don't see that happening. so, i think mario monti has gone into this job with no loyalties, just loyalty to getting the economy in italy back on track. >> exactly. >> and i think that's really created credibility around him. he says, absolutely not, he's leaving in april 2013. i still push back and say he stays. >> he is the master negotiator and this may be the first salvo in that to say, hey, you know, there's -- real possibility i'm going to be out of here come april. >> he's had the support of both sides, parliament really supporting him, even though i have to say, people have really