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Italian coalition wins vote in Senate, letting it take office
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 / 1:13 PM / UPDATED 30 MINUTES AGO
Italian coalition wins vote in Senate, letting it take office
Crispian Balmer, Giuseppe Fonte
4 MIN READ
ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s new government won a confidence vote in the upper house Senate on Tuesday allowing it to take office following a stormy debate, with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and his former deputy Matteo Salvini accusing each other of betrayal.
Conte, backed by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and center-left Democratic Party (PD), won an initial confidence motion in the lower house on Monday, meaning his coalition can now forge ahead with its pro-European agenda.
It clinched the Senate vote by 169 to 133. The result effectively gives Conte an eight seat majority in the 321-seat chamber, meaning it might struggle to push forward legislation on particularly divisive issues like immigration.
Once bitter enemies, the 5-Star and PD unexpectedly agreed to join forces last month after the far-right League walked out of the previous coalition with 5-Star in a failed attempt to trigger snap elections.
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Italian coalition wins vote in Senate, letting it take office
Crispian Balmer, Giuseppe Fonte
4 MIN READ
ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s new government won a confidence vote in the upper house Senate on Tuesday allowing it to take office following a stormy debate, with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and his former deputy Matteo Salvini accusing each other of betrayal.
Conte, backed by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and center-left Democratic Party (PD), won an initial confidence motion in the lower house on Monday, meaning his coalition can now forge ahead with its pro-European agenda.
It clinched the Senate vote by 169 to 133. The result effectively gives Conte an eight seat majority in the 321-seat chamber, meaning it might struggle to push forward legislation on particularly divisive issues like immigration.
Once bitter enemies, the 5-Star and PD unexpectedly agreed to join forces last month after the far-right League walked out of the previous coalition with 5-Star in a failed attempt to trigger snap elections.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics/italian-coalition-wins-vote-in-senate-letting-it-take-office-idUSKCN1VV28U