Berlusconi wins first round in parliament showdown
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won a confidence motion in the Senate as expected on Tuesday, ahead of a lower house vote that could force him to resign or leave him clinging on to a wafer-thin majority. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sits at the Senate in Rome December 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi) The centre-right government’s secure majority in the upper house meant there was little doubt about the vote on a confidence motion it had called itself to underline its legitimacy. The government won by 162 votes to 135. Shares in media company Mediaset, controlled by Berlusconi’s family, recovered ground and turned positive…
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