Letta Seeks Post-Berlusconi Italian Majority in Confidence Vote
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Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s 2014 budget faces a confidence vote in the Senate today, the first test for the government’s new majority and possibly the last stand in parliament for Silvio Berlusconi.
The vote, scheduled for 8:30 p.m. in Rome, will showcase the alliance Letta is counting on to support his government without Berlusconi, the three-time ex-premier who is the object of an expulsion vote from parliament tomorrow. Berlusconi, 77, has criticized the budget as too austere and has yet to say publicly whether his new Forza Italia party will vote for it.