28th Feb Romano Prodi submits his resignation after a measure about deploying more troops to Afghanistan and allowing the US to expand a military base in Italy fails in the Senate, he has been in power only nine months.
28th Feb Prodi remains in power, as the Senate narrowly passes a vote of confidence in the prime minister's weak government
28th Feb Romano Prodi submits his resignation after a measure about deploying more troops to Afghanistan and allowing the US to expand a military base in Italy fails in the Senate, he has been in power only nine months.
