Berlusconi Wants Italian Budget Approved Before Confidence Vote

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Bloomberg

Berlusconi Wants Italian Budget Approved Before Confidence Vote
By Sonia Sirletti - Nov 14, 2010 6:29 AM CT

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he will ask parliament to pass Italy’s budget before he puts his government’s survival on the line in a confidence vote.

After the budget’s definitive approval, “the government intends to verify if it still has the confidence of the Senate, and immediately afterward, the Chamber of Deputies,” Berlusconi wrote in a letter to the speakers of both houses of parliament late yesterday.

The budget plan, which includes cuts worth 13 billion euros ($18 billion) to trim the deficit, was approved late yesterday by the Chamber’s budget commission, newspapers including Il Sole 24 Ore said today. The full lower house will begin discussing it on Nov. 16, Sole said.

Berlusconi’s government risks collapsing after his former ally, Gianfranco Fini, who has enough votes in parliament to topple him, demanded on Nov. 7 that the premier resign and form a new government with a revamped program and broader support from opposition parties. Berlusconi, whose term expires in 2013, rejected the demands.



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Young Berlusconi, familiar Berlusconi

[molly77]

1. And why not?

It seems to be world wide. Screw the worker. Pay the fascists millions.Wonder how the Italians feel about it? That would be a good post. Greece and GB don't seem to be taking it lying down.