Prodi survives confidence vote
01/03/2007 07:29  - (SA)  

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Rome - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Wednesday survived a senate vote of confidence in his centre-left government by 162 to 157, speaker Franco Marini announced.

Two senators whose votes were uncertain ahead of the balloting - independent Luigi Pollaro and opposition centrist Marco Follini - voted for Prodi.

Four of Italy's seven unelected senators for life also lent him their support.

Prodi, 67, must face a similar vote in the lower house of deputies, where his Union coalition has a comfortable majority.

- AFP

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