ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has repeated his intention not to seek re-election when his term ends in 2013 and suggested it may be time for his chief ally, Umberto Bossi of the Northern League, to step aside too.

In an interview with the daily La Repubblica, Berlusconi declared he would not run again when his term ends in 2013 and named 40 year-old Justice Minister Angelino Alfano as his chosen successor.
He made a similar comment to the foreign press in April, then recommending Justice Minister Angelino Alfano as his successor.
Berlusconi said “it's only right” that new generations be prepared to take over and that “sooner or later” he and Bossi will be replaced.
Meanwhile Berlusconi summoned Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti for a meeting on Friday as markets took fright at fresh signs of instability in the squabbling centre-right government.
Tremonti, caught on film this week calling one of his ministerial colleagues a “cretin,” has appeared increasingly isolated in the cabinet and came under pressure on Friday in the wake of corruption accusations against a former aide.
But he remains the minister most trusted by financial markets to keep control of Italy's badly strained public finances and prevent it being drawn into the market turmoil that has hit countries like Greece, Spain and Portugal.