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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)
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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
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...Caption:
Italy’s lower house of parliament. (Andreas Solaro, AFP/Getty Images)
Italy: Prime minister meets with center right to defuse growing row
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...Caption:
Italy’s lower house of parliament. (Andreas Solaro, AFP/Getty Images)
Italian parliament gives final approval to growth package
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...Caption:
A member of Italy’s metalworkers union Fiom looks at a banner during a demonstration in Rome, May 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini)