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A file photo dated 12 February 2014 shows Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta looking down during a news conference at Palazzo Cighi, Rome, Italy, 12 February 2014. (EPA/ALESSANDRO DI MEO)

Italy PM Letta to resign after party withdraws support

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 14, 2014 | World

Rome, Reuters—Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said he would tender his resignation on Friday, opening the way for center-left leader Matteo Renzi to take the helm of Italy’s third government in less than a year. The decision to resign came after the...

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Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures on October 2, 2013 at the Senate in Rome. (AFP PHOTO/FILIPPO MONTEFORTE)

Berlusconi U-turn secures Italian government’s survival

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 2, 2013 | World

Rome, Reuters—Italian centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi promised to support Prime Minister Enrico Letta in a confidence vote on Wednesday, staging a U-turn only days after he provoked a crisis by pulling his ministers out of the government. Berlusconi abruptly...

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Italy’s lower house of parliament. (Andreas Solaro, AFP/Getty Images)

Italy: Prime minister meets with center right to defuse growing row

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 26, 2013 | World

Rome, Reuters—Italian prime minister Enrico Letta met with a top official from Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right party on Monday to try to defuse a row which is threatening to bring down his fragile ruling coalition and has rattled financial markets. Relations...

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Italy’s lower house of parliament. (Andreas Solaro, AFP/Getty Images)

Italian parliament gives final approval to growth package

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 9, 2013 | World

Rome, Reuters—Italy’s lower house of parliament on Friday gave final approval to a package introduced by Enrico Letta’s government to try to help pull the country out of recession with measures to cut bureaucracy and promote public work projects. The...

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A member of Italy’s metalworkers union Fiom looks at a banner during a demonstration in Rome, May 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini)

Rome protest turns up heat on new PM Letta

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 18, 2013 | World

Rome, Reuters—Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of recession. “We hope that this government will...