Berlusconi wants early Italy elections
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Italy's president said Tuesday he needed more time to decide his next step after conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi demanded early elections following the premier's resignation last week.
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi made a final plea for Italy's parliament to back his government on Thursday in a confidence vote he looked set to lose, saying the economy could not bear more political uncertainty.
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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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Italy's opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi may once again seize power in new elections, Christian Fraser writes.
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&quot;Siamo impaludati in una tattica elettorale di breve periodo che non affronta i pochi ma prioritari problemi per il futuro del Paese&quot;. Lo ha affermato il presidente di Confindustria Luca Cordero di Montezemolo
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Italian opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi said on Monday he would not support efforts to form an interim government to overhaul voting rules, making a snap election appear inevitable.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday that the problem of immigration was one of three priority issues facing his government, the day after it resumed mass deportations of illegal immigrants.
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Silvio Berlusconi says his coalition will support Romano Prodi's government in a coming vote on Afghanistan.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi called on Wednesday for early general elections, at a date to be fixed by electoral authorities.
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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 is to meet the parliament's speakers in what is seen as a first step towards early polls.
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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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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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ROME: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi joined opposition leaders to urge a united front following the Baghdad abduction of two female aid workers.
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Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio calls an early general election to end "crisis of credibility".
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Italy's Silvio Berlusconi said Friday he would unite with his main ally under a single right-wing party to contest April elections, imitating his left-wing rival in a bid to avoid the shaky coalitions that have weakened previous governments.
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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 ...