Italian political crisis enters decisive week
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Italy's government crisis enters a  decisive week with a snap election and a return to power of  Silvio Berlusconi's centre right looking ever more likely.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano began crisis talks with political leaders on Thursday in the wake of Prime Minister Romano Prodi's shock resignation because of a foreign policy defeat in the Senate.
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi holds crisis talks as the departure of an ally threatens his governing coalition.
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Italy will hold an election by mid-April which could return media magnate Silvio Berlusconi to power after political parties failed to agree on an interim government.
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ITALY'S president held crisis talks overnight to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned after only nine months in power after losing a Senate vote, has enough support to be reappointed as prime minister or must be ...Comment
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ROME, Feb 22 (IPS) - The Italian government is in crisis after it failed   to win a vote Wednesday on its foreign policy programme.  Although the  ruling centre-left coalition held only a very  slight majority in the  Senate, the defeat of the motion came as  a major surprise to Prime  Minister Romano Prodi.
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Italy's president said Tuesday he needed more time to decide his next step after conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi demanded early elections following the premier's resignation last week.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi is under pressure to resign ahead of a confidence vote in the Senate.
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Italy's government looked on the verge of  collapse on Tuesday after an ally of Prime Minister Romano  Prodi deserted the centre-left coalition, depriving him of a  parliamentary majority.
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Italy's president will hold crisis talks  with political leaders on Friday to see whether he can avoid  calling snap elections after a no confidence vote forced Prime  Minister Romano Prodi's government to resign.
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Silvio Berlusconi and his allies moved their battle to regain power in Italy on to new ground after the resignation of prime minister Romano Prodi and the collapse of his centre-left government
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Italy moves a step closer to resolving its pensions crisis, which has been a key political issue.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, who resigned over a foreign policy defeat last week only to be reappointed a few days later, will fight for his government's survival as he faces a confidence vote this week.
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Italy's political crisis enters a decisive week with a snap election and a return to power of Silvio Berlusconi's centre right looking ever more likely after the collapse of Romano Prodi's government.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will submit his centre-left government to what may be its final test by asking parliament on Tuesday for a confidence vote after the defection of an ally pushed it the brink of collapse.
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Embattled Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi prepared on Wednesday to face the first of two votes of confidence as his centre-left government teetered on the brink of collapse.
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Romano Prodi, given a second chance to prove that he can govern Italy, scrambled for support on Sunday ahead of a vote of confidence this week that he must win to stay on as prime minister.