Italy's Prodi wins key confidence vote to stay PM
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi won a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday, allowing him to stay in office and drawing an end to a political crisis prompted by his resignation a week ago.
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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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Premier Romano Prodi won a confidence vote in parliament's lower house Wednesday night, but his chances for success in the upper house appeared to worsen as more allies defected amid growing pressure on the center-left leader to resign.
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Premier Romano Prodi won a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament Friday, formally ending Italy's political crisis, but questions lingered over his fractious Cabinet's ability to govern effectively.Comment
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ROME â Prime Minister Romano Prodi of Italy vowed to preserve his staggering government on Tuesday, defending his record in an address to Parliament and calling a confidence vote to be held on Wednesday.
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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.
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Leaders of Italy's center-left coalition have agreed to support Romano Prodi's bid to stay on as prime minister, backing him on a 12-point political program, Prodi's spokesman said on Thursday.
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Italian center-left Prime Minister Romano Prodi won the confidence vote in Senate on Wednesday evening.Comment
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Romano Prodi looked set Friday to be renamed as Italy's prime minister after securing the backing of his fractious ruling coalition with the threat of a new election.
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Italy's Romano Prodi is scrambling for  support ahead of a vote of confidence this week which he must  win to stay on as prime minister.
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Italy's president gave Romano Prodi another shot Saturday, asking him to stay on and face a confidence vote in parliament, while leaders in the center-left majority courted outside senators in a frantic effort ...Comment
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Italy's Premier Romano Prodi sought support for his teetering government in Parliament on Tuesday and said he would ask for votes of confidence in both chambers after a coalition ally withdrew support.
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Italian leaders are locked in talks on a deal allowing Romano Prodi to stay as PM in a bid to end a political crisis.
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi will call a confidence in the lower house of parliament to test support for his administration after an ally deserted his centre-left coalition, a party leader said on Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi made a final plea for Italy's parliament to back his government on Thursday in a confidence vote he looked set to lose, saying the economy could not bear more political uncertainty.
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Italy's president accepted Prime Minister Romano Prodi's resignation on Wednesday following the government's defeat in a Senate vote on foreign policy.
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Italy's Romano Prodi is scrambling for support ahead of a vote of confidence this week which he must win to stay on as prime minister.