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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will resign after losing a vote of confidence in the senate. An Election in April 2008 looks probable with Silvio Berlusconi as a front runner.
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Prodi Resigns News
- Google News: Prodi Resigns
- Spiegel Online: Italy's Government Falls: Prodi Resigns, Berlusconi Rejoices (January 25, 2008)
- "A key political ally, Justice Minister Clemente Mastella, resigned last week and on Monday abruptly withdrew the support of his party, the Catholic UDEUR party, from Prodi's center-left coalition. The party only had three votes in the Senate, but Prodi's majority was just a single seat."
- International Herald Tribune: Prodi resigns after losing confidence vote (January 24, 2008)
- Washington Post: Prodi loses Senate vote and must resign (January 24, 2008)
- Times Online: Romano Prodi to resign after confidence vote defeat (January 24, 2008)
Prodi Resigns - Background
- The Economist: Prodi under pressure (January 17, 2008)
- "Mr Prodi has been struggling to hold together his fragile coalition government since his left-of-centre Unione alliance, which comprises ten parties ranging from Christian-democratic centrists to the hard left, won the general election in April 2006."
- BBC News: Prodi loses crucial Senate vote (January 24, 2008)
- BBC News: Profile: Romano Prodi