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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta Wins Confidence Vote in the Senate Wednesday Dec 11,2013



 The scoreboard shows the results of a confidence vote to Italian Premier Enrico Letta's government at the Lower Chamber in Rome, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013

Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta won a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday Dec 11,2013, confirming his government's majority after promising sweeping reforms and urging lawmakers to back to him or risk chaos


Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta backed by the centre-left Democratic Party and smaller centrist and centre-right groups, won the vote by 173 votes to 127


The Letta government easily won the votes in both the upper and lower chambers of parliament with the backing of a new center-right party that split from Berlusconi.

The confidence votes were called to confirm Letta's majority after centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi pulled his Forza Italia party out of the ruling coalition on Oct 02,2013

In a speech to the lower Chamber of Deputies, Letta called for a "new start" and outlined his priorities for 2014, including stimulating the economy, reducing unemployment and reforming Italy's electoral law

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