Prodi attacks failed growth plans
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Romano Prodi, the outgoing European Commission president, has described the EU&#39;s attempt to become the world&#39;s most competitive economy as a &quot;big failure&quot;.
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LONDON - Europe&#39;s efforts to catch up to and then outpace the US economy have been &quot;a big failure,&quot; the outgoing head of the European Union executive commission, Romano Prodi, said.
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Italy's Premier Romano Prodi delivers his statement after meeting the Italian President at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, Saturday, Feb.Comment
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As economic woes mount, Italians want to make it more difficult for members of small coalitions to topple a government.
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Italy&#39;s draft 2008 budget sparked a crisis within the ruling coalition Thursday, with Prime Minister Romano Prodi forced to seek a compromise between leftist demands for more social spending and Rome&#39;s commitments to its eurozone partners.
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ROME (Italy): Italy faced a standstill as millions of workers took part in a general strike against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi went into crisis talks over the future of his government Wednesday after it failed to secure a parliamentary vote of support for its foreign policy.
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Following embarrassing revelations over Greece's budget data, the European Union expressed alarm at the reliability of Italy's own deficit figures and called for urgent clarification.
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The Christian Science Monitor - The resignation of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi underscores the difficulty in Europe of governments trying to support US foreign policy on terror while at the same time pleasing their own publics.
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Architect of budget increase criticises the inadequate return the investment has yielded.
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PARIS - The rejection by several states of the European Union Constitution would sound the death knell for the project of a political Europe, says outgoing European Commission president Romano Prodi.
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Alitalia has been exploited by politicians for too long and could not continue in its present state, Italy's economy minister told a newspaper, defending the decision to pave the way for a deal with Air France-KLM.
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A pseudo-rap video starring Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi -- without his consent -- is infuriating allies who say the song degrades the government and should be stripped from state airwaves.
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Public services across part of Italy have been brought to a standstill as workers take to the streets to protest against the government&#39;s economic policies.
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Italy's center-right opposition was ahead in local polls but Prime Minister Romano Prodi appeared to have avoided a drubbing in his first major electoral test a year after taking office, according to early results on Monday.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi goes before parliament on Tuesday to try to avert a government crisis triggered when an ally withdrew from his coalition, but his chances of success appear slim.
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Green groups accuse the EU of planning for failure in international negotiations to tackle climate change.