Italy's center left in tatters after Prodi quits
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Riven by deep policy divisions and  personal rivalries, Italy's centre left is in tatters after the  collapse of Romano Prodi's government and faces a likely  drubbing if a snap election is called.
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Italian political commentators said the breakdown of Monday's negotiations, though not wholly surprising, augured badly for the centre-left's efforts to defeat Silvio Berlusconi, prime minister, and his ...
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi had to decide on Thursday whether to resign or risk a confidence vote he would be expected to lose, obliging his centre-left government to step down anyway.
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Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi handed his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday after losing a confidence vote in the Senate.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Wednesday faces a crunch vote of confidence in his leadership, a week after he was forced to resign over a humiliating foreign policy defeat in parliament.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi put his centre-left government on the line on Tuesday when he called a confidence vote after the defection of an ally robbed him of a majority.
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With spumante and melodrama spilling out among legislators, Prime Minister Roman Prodi submits his resignation
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has handed in his resignation after his fragile centre left coalition lost a crucial parliament vote.Comment
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi faces a knife-edge vote of confidence in his leadership, a week after he was forced to resign over a humiliating foreign policy defeat in the Senate.Comment
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ROME -- Stung by a bruising foreign policy defeat, Italy's beleaguered Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned yesterday, his center-left government collapsing after just nine months in power.
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Italy's government looked on the verge of collapse on Tuesday after an ally of Prime Minister Romano Prodi deserted the centre-left coalition, depriving him of a parliamentary majority.
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ROME, Feb. 21 -- After just nine months at the helm of a shaky government, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi handed in his resignation Wednesday when he lost a critical parliamentary vote over the government's foreign policy.
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An ally of Italian Prime Minister Romano  Prodi dealt his government a potentially fatal blow on Monday  by withdrawing support for his coalition, but the premier  resisted calls to resign despite losing his Senate majority.
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Romano Prodi couldn't live with them and couldn't live without them. The far-left fringe of his fragile coalition, they are the parties that noisily opposed the premier's U.S.-friendly policies on keeping ...Comment
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A key ally of Premier Romano Prodi pulled his party from the Cabinet on Monday amid a corruption scandal, sending the center-left governing coalition scrambling to keep the administration from falling.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi's government is "inclined to" present its resignation to the president following a major defeat in a Senate vote on foreign policy, a center-left political source said on Wednesday.
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Troop deployments have split Mr Prodi's coalition Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is to begin crisis talks following the resignation of the prime minister, Romano Prodi.Comment