New Italian PM passes confidence vote

Italy’s new technocratic government has won a crucial confidence vote in the Senate to pursue widespread reforms and austerity aimed at staving off the sovereign debt crisis and saving the euro currency.

New Italian PM passes confidence vote
Thu, 17 Nov, 2011 - 20:45

Italy’s new technocratic government has won a crucial confidence vote in the Senate to pursue widespread reforms and austerity aimed at staving off the sovereign debt crisis and saving the euro currency.

This evening, the Senate voted 281-25 to back the one-day-old government of Mario Monti. The lower house votes tomorrow.

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