Berlusconi wants Italy govt out after vote blunder
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The centre-right opposition demanded on  Friday that Prime Minister Romano Prodi resign after his  coalition suffered an embarrassing blow in a parliamentary vote  over a U.S. airbase in Italy.
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The Italian president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on as premier and face a new vote of confidence in parliament, seeking a swift end to the political crisis prompted by the government's resignation ...Comment
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi resigned Thursday after losing a risky Senate confidence motion that obliged him to end his 20-month-old government
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Italy's centre-right opposition demanded  on Friday that Prime Minister Romano Prodi resign after his  coalition suffered a setback in a parliamentary vote over a  U.S. airbase in Italy, but Prodi shrugged off the call.
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Italy's prime minister blames "leftist propaganda" after MEPs reject his nominee for EU justice commissioner.
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Italian opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi said on Monday he would not support efforts to form an interim government to overhaul voting rules, making a snap election appear inevitable.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi put his centre-left government on the line on Tuesday when he called a confidence vote after the defection of an ally robbed him of a majority.
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Italy's president was due to dissolve parliament on Wednesday ahead of snap elections, likely in mid-April, that could mark a return to power of media magnate Silvio Berlusconi.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi's  government is "inclined to" present its resignation to the  president following a major defeat in a Senate vote on foreign  policy, a center-left political source said on Wednesday.
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Italy's president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on as premier and put his center-left government to a new vote of confidence in parliament, seeking a swift end to the political crisis prompted by the ...Comment
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Silvio Berlusconi, a veteran of Italian politics, says he will not be prime minister again.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday he would demand early general elections if he failed to clinch a deal with his fractious coalition partners to cut income taxes at the start of next year.
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Italy's Romano Prodi calls a special cabinet session after his fragile coalition loses a key foreign policy vote.
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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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Italy's president asked the Senate speaker Wednesday to determine if an interim government can be formed to change the electoral law before early elections, an effort to end the country's political instability.
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Italy's centre-right opposition demanded on Friday that Prime Minister Romano Prodi resign after his coalition suffered a setback in a parliamentary vote over a U.S. airbase in Italy, but Prodi shrugged off the call.
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Italy's president dissolved parliament on Wednesday and the caretaker government prepared to call a snap election, likely in mid-April, that could mark a return to power of media magnate Silvio Berlusconi.