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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A defiant Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Tuesday called a vote of confidence in the Senate, where his coalition has a two-seat deficit.
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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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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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The Italian Senate prepares to hold a vote of confidence in Romano Prodi's nine-month-old government.
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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's embattled centre-left government on Wednesday won a vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies by 326 to 275, speaker Fausto Bertinotti announced.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, his political survival on the line, asked the opposition-controlled Senate on Thursday for an "explicit, principled" vote of confidence in his 20-month-old centre-left government.
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Italy's president has asked Romano ProdiA to stay on as prime minister and face a new vote of confidence in parliament, rejecting his resignation announced earlier in the week.Comment
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Italy's president asked Romano Prodi to stay on as prime minister on Saturday, but he now faces a confidence vote in parliament to prove he has enough support to govern.
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Italy's lower house of parliament was expected on Friday to pass a vote of confidence in the centre-left government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi, formally ending a weeklong political crisis.
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ROME -- 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 cabinet'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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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 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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Italian Premier Romano Prodi kept his fractious center-left coalition together to win a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday, ensuring the immediate survival of his nine-month-old government.Comment