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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Italy's Romano Prodi was expected on Wednesday to win the backing of the upper house to remain as prime minister but an opinion poll suggested that his grip on power would remain tenuous.
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi will call a confidence in the lower house of parliament to test support for his administration after an ally deserted his centre-left coalition, a party leader said on Tuesday.
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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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Romano Prodi's victory in a confidence vote has given his center-left government a lease of life but Italy appeared unconvinced on Thursday he can remain prime minister long enough to deliver promised reforms.
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Italian center-left Prime Minister Romano Prodi won the confidence vote in Senate on Wednesday evening.Comment
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Romano Prodi looks set to win a Senate confidence vote on Wednesday to stay as Italy's prime minister after rallying fractious allies behind him to end a political crisis triggered by his resignation a week ago.
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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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ROME - 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.Prodi resigned on Wednesday ...Comment
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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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ROME -- Italy's president yesterday asked Romano Prodi to stay on as prime minister and face a confidence vote to test his majority in parliament.
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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 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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Italy&#39;s lower house of parliament will hold a confidence vote today on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi&#39;s 2005 budget plan, which includes tax cuts and 24 billion euros ($32.7 billion) in deficit-reduction measures.
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ROME - 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.Prodi resigned last week after suffering an ...Comment
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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 Senate on Thursday for an "explicit, principled" vote of confidence to allow his centre-left government to continue on the path of reforms.