Prodi prepares for confidence vote this week
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, who resigned over a foreign policy defeat last week only to be reappointed a few days later, will fight for his government's survival as he faces a confidence vote this week.
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Italian PM Romano Prodi will face a vote of confidence in parliament after a key coalition ally resigned.
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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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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi won a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament as expected on Wednesday, but faces a much more difficult task in the Senate, where he no longer has a majority.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will face a vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, the heads of parliamentary groups said after the centre-left government lost a key ally.
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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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Romano Prodi will remain as Italy's prime minister but must face a confidence vote in parliament, President Giorgio Napolitano announced Saturday in a move to end a three-day-old political crisis.
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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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Italy's PM Romano Prodi will face a vote of confidence in his coalition in the Senate on Wednesday.
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Romano Prodi expected to resign tonight after a confidence vote in parliament
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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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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 president gave Romano Prodi another shot Saturday, asking him to remain as premier and face a confidence vote in parliament, while Prodi supporters courted outside senators in a frantic effort to end ...Comment
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi faced a confidence vote in parliament on Friday over his efforts to push through an unpopular budget he described as bitter medicine that Italy has to swallow to get its finances in order.
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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 Romano Prodi decided Thursday to go ahead with a vote of confidence before the Senate, the ANSA news agency reported after the embattled centre-left leader met for a second time with President Giorgio Napolitano.
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Italy's government crisis enters a decisive week with a snap election and a return to power of Silvio Berlusconi's centre right looking ever more likely.