Italy's ex-PM urges snap election
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Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi calls for early elections to end the country's political crisis.
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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 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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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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Italy's president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on as prime minister and face a confidence vote to test his majority in parliament.
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"I think this risks being a missed opportunity for Italian politics, rushing towards elections with a flawed law"  By Silvia Aloisi and Robin PomeroyROME  - Italy's Senate speaker gave up trying to form a temporary government on Monday, making a snap election the only likely way out of a political vacuum left when Romano Prodi resigned as prime minister last month.Senate speaker Franco Marini, who had been asked by the president to seek cross-party backing for an interim administration to reform the electoral system ahead of a vote, said there was no such support."I could not find a significant majority on a precise electoral reform," Marini told reporters as he left President Giorgio Napolitano's office after handing back his mandate to try to form a new government. Read more
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Italy's deputy premier suggested Saturday that his country could pull its troops out of Iraq after elections scheduled for January, saying they will no longer be needed when a representative government is in place.
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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 Prime Minister Romano Prodi submitted 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 to the brink of collapse.
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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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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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The Italian President is to announce his decision on whether Romano Prodi should be reinstated as Prime Minister after a Senate rebellion forced his shock resignation.Comment
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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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Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi on Tuesday called on the ruling center right and the center-left opposition to discuss constitutional reforms in a spirit of dialogue.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano asks the Senate speaker to try to form an interim government.
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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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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said Wednesday he had asked Senate head Franco Marini to see if there is enough support for a transitional government to push through electoral law reform.