Prodi to address parliament as Italy's govt faces threat from former ally
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi was to address the lower house of parliament Tuesday after former justice minister Clemente Mastella said his party, a former member of the ruling coalition, would vote against the government in a confidence motion.
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Riven by deep policy divisions and  personal rivalries, Italy's centre left is in tatters after the  collapse of Romano Prodi's government and faces a likely  drubbing if a snap election is called.
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi bowed to opposition pressure on Sunday and agreed to have his government face parliamentary questioning over a clash with Telecom Italia that forced the chairman to resign.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi faces a knife-edge vote of confidence in his leadership, a week after he was forced to resign over a humiliating foreign policy defeat in the Senate.Comment
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Luca Bruno -- AP Photo Italian Premier Romano Prodi gestures as he delivers a speech during a meeting in Milan, Italy, in this Monday, Nov.Comment
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President Giorgio Napolitano will open talks on Friday to resolve Italy's political crisis after prime minister Romano Prodi's resignation and the end of his centre-left government.
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Romano Prodi looks set to win a Senate  confidence vote on Wednesday to stay as Italy's prime minister  after rallying fractious allies behind him to end a political  crisis triggered by his resignation a week ago.
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi, who faces almost certain defeat if the opposition-controlled Senate holds a vote of confidence in his government, will meet President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday before deciding whether to resign instead, media reports said.
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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 days ago.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Thursday he would go before the Senate as he struggles against increasing odds to save his centre-left government from collapse, the ANSA news agency reported.
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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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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi won a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament as expected on Wednesday, but faces a much more difficult task in the Senate, where he no longer has a majority.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi agreed Tuesday to face opposition grilling over his handling of a deepening row involving Telecom Italia, Italy 's biggest telecommunications group.
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi will put his weakened government to a vote of confidence in both houses of parliament, he told the lower house on Tuesday.
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Italy's Romano Prodi was expected on Wednesday to win the backing of the upper house to remain as prime minister but an opinion poll suggested that his grip on power would remain tenuous.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi takes legal action over what he called damaging allegations made against him.
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Italy's president is preparing to hold crisis talks with political leaders to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned as prime minister after nine months in power, can continue to lead a government or must be ...Comment