Prime Minister Quits On Afghanistan Vote ; Senators Push Troop Withdrawal

The Washington Times › February 22, 2007

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Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned yesterday after radical, anti-American senators demanding Italy withdraw troops from Afghanistan failed to support the center-left government, setting off an unexpected political crisis.

Mr. Prodi, a former Christian Democrat and former president of the European Commission, looked grim as he formally quit during an audience with President Giorgio Napolitano hours after the government was defeated by two votes on its Afghanistan policy in the upper house, where any chance for a majority would be razor thin.

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Prime Minister Quits On Afghanistan Vote ; Senators Push Troop Withdrawal

The president, who asked Mr. Prodi to carry on in a caretaker capacity, may ask the prime minister to hold a full confidence vote in both hou...

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