Italian president blocks reforms
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President Ciampi refuses to ratify a controversial justice reform bill saying it would weaken the judiciary.
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LONDON (CP) - The European Union's political machinery was thrown into reverse on Wednesday as the new president of the European Commission backed down from a vote on his proposed cabinet over a controversial Italian commissioner.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano asked Senate President Franco Marini on Wednesday to try to form an interim government to reform voting rules ahead of new elections, a senior presidential aide said.
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Italians soundly rejected massive changes to the country&#039;s postwar constitution that proponents had argued would increase political stability and modernize the country, near-final returns showed Monday.
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Italy ground to a halt as millions of workers observed a general strike in a show of force against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition government.
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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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Italy's president consulted with minor parties on Saturday in an effort to resolve a political crisis, with politicians divided between favoring snap elections or an interim government to enact reforms.
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ITALY ground to a halt today as millions of workers observed a general strike in a show of force against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi&#39;s centre-right coalition government.
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Italy's centre-left government struggled to stay afloat on Wednesday and even the president appeared to doubt that Prime Minister Romano Prodi, weakened by defections, could survive a confidence vote in the Senate.
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Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi defied Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government on Thursday and vetoed a bill aimed at reforming the legal system, the president's office said in a statement.
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He was addressing a conference in Rome about a proposed reform of Italy's constitution, one of the main pieces of legislation the government of Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, wants to pass before the ...
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Romano Prodi, Italy's prime minister, on Monday sought to calm growing unrest in trade unions and on the left wing of his ruling coalition over plans for budget cuts and pension reform.
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ROMA - Il ministro delle riforme, Roberto Calderoli, condivide la battaglia del presidente del consiglio, Silvio Berlusconi, per la revisione del patto europeo di stabilitÃ , ma giudica contraddittoria questa scelta con il sostegno allâingresso della
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ROME, Italy -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met here Friday with the interim president of Iraq, Ghazi Al-Yawar, amid mounting public pressure on his government and intense diplomatic efforts to free two women aid worker hostages.
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ROME : Italy&#39;s support for a conservative with outspoken views on gays and women as Europe&#39;s justice chief looked increasingly untenable as incoming EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso indicated he would bow to pressure to reshuffle his team.
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Italy ground to a halt as millions of workers observed a general strike in protest against the economic policies of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right government.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi's power is at risk after parties threaten to quit the governing coalition.