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Italian PM Conte wins confidence vote in Senate
By EUobserver
Italy's prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, on Tuesday won a confidence vote in the Senate, with 156 senators supporting him, 140 against, and 16 abstentions, after having won a vote in the lower house earlier. It ended a government crisis after a small coalition party, led by former prime minister Matteo Renzi, left the government. In a speech, Conte attacked Renzi for "placing mines" under the coalition in difficult times.