Italian PM fights for survival in confidence votes
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi rallied support on Wednesday for two confidence votes that will determine the survival of his centre-left government after the defection of an ally erased his Senate majority.
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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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Italy's president will decide on Saturday whether Romano Prodi deserves another chance to lead the nation as prime minister after a Senate rebellion forced his shock resignation.
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Mr Prodi still has a tough job to keep his coalition together Italian PM Romano Prodi has easily won a confidence vote in the lower house, keeping his centre-left coalition in power after a week-long crisis.Comment
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ROME -- Italy's president yesterday asked Romano Prodi to stay on as prime minister and face a confidence vote to test his majority in parliament.
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Italy's embattled Prime Minister Romano Prodi may decide to resign rather than risk losing a vote of confidence in the opposition-controlled Senate, Italian media reported Wednesday.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi lost a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday and went to hand his resignation to the president, prompting opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi to demand immediate elections.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi had to decide on Thursday whether to resign or risk a confidence vote he would be expected to lose, obliging his centre-left government to step down anyway.
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Premier Romano Prodi sought to win over senators Tuesday in a speech meant to woo both Catholics and communists in his fractious coalition, a day before a confidence vote that will decide the survival of Italy's 61st postwar government.
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Finding a working majority for a transitional government in Italy is proving extremely difficult
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Wednesday faces a crunch vote of confidence in his leadership, a week after he was forced to resign over a humiliating foreign policy defeat in parliament.
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ROME - Prime Minister Romano Prodi won a crucial confidence vote in parliament on Friday over an unpopular budget which he describes as a bitter medicine that Italy has to ...Comment
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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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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he is determined to keep up Italy&#39;s efforts in Iraq despite the execution of an Italian hostage.
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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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The Italian Senate prepares to hold a vote of confidence in Romano Prodi's nine-month-old government.
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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.