ROME, May 7- On Saturday April 20, the leaders of Italy's two biggest political forces climbed the Quirinal, highest of Rome's seven ancient hills, and begged President Giorgio Napolitano to stay for a second term.
Europe risks a wave of anti-EU votes in 2014 European parliamentary elections unless a June summit of European Union leaders offers a concrete response to economic crisis, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Monday.
ROME, May 6- Italy can stage an economic recovery without increasing its huge public debt, Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Monday ahead of a meeting with his Spanish counterpart where he hoped to find support for his calls for a policy switch in Europe.
ROME, May 6- Italy's top appeals court on Monday rejected a request by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to move two trials he faces out of Milan where, he has maintained, he cannot get a fair trial.
ROME, May 3- Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta named a leading critic of Europe's austerity programmes as deputy economy minister, directly below the orthodox former Bank of Italy official chosen to head the ministry.
ROME, May 3- More than 60 percent of Italians have confidence in new prime minister Enrico Letta, but only 7 percent expect his right-left coalition government to last for a full five-year term, a survey showed on Friday.
*OECD says Italy needs more fiscal tightening. ROME, May 2- Italy's economy minister on Thursday ruled out trying to renegotiate the country's budget targets, even as the OECD called for more budget austerity. Fabrizio Saccomanni told parliament a move to ease Italy's deficit targets- such as may happen with France and Spain- would be counter-productive.
*OECD says Italy needs more fiscal tightening. ROME, May 2- Italy's economy minister on Thursday ruled out trying to renegotiate the country's budget targets, even as the OECD called for more budget austerity. Fabrizio Saccomanni told parliament a move to ease Italy's deficit targets- such as may happen with France and Spain- would be counter-productive.
ROME, May 1- Italy's new Prime Minister Enrico Letta won French backing on Wednesday for calls to spur economic growth alongside budget rigor, but problems lay closer to home with coalition partners demanding tax cuts that would blow a hole in the budget.
ROME, May 1- Italy's new prime minister Enrico Letta won French backing on Wednesday for calls to spur economic growth alongside budget rigour, but problems lay closer to home with coalition partners demanding tax cuts that would blow a hole in the budget.
ROME, May 1- Italy's new prime minister, Enrico Letta, is preaching an end to austerity while pledging to meet European Union debt targets and his fledgling coalition is already at odds over how to pay for cuts to an unpopular housing tax.
ROME, May 1- Italy's new prime minister, Enrico Letta, is preaching an end to austerity while pledging to meet European Union debt targets and his fledgling coalition is already at odds over how to pay for cuts to an unpopular housing tax.
Italy's new Prime Minister Enrico Letta won his first vote of confidence in parliament on Monday after promising to press for a change to the European Union's focus on austerity and pursue economic growth and jobs. *Italy's new government wants to renegotiate the pact of stability with the European Union, the industry minister said in an interview on Tuesday.
*Plans visit to Brussels, Paris, Berlin this week. ROME, April 29- Italy's new Prime Minister Enrico Letta won his first vote of confidence in parliament on Monday after promising to press for a change to the European Union's focus on austerity and pursue economic growth and jobs.
ROME, April 29- Five months ago, Silvio Berlusconi was in steep decline and his party was in shambles.