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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7964

14 May 2001
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) italy/general elections
Towards clear victory of Centre Right

Rome, 14/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - According to the still provisional results released on Monday by the Italian Ministry for Home Affairs, the Centre Right coalition of the "House of Freedoms (CdL - Casa delle Liberta) lead by Silvio Berlusconi won an absolute majority in the Senate by winning at least 173 seats out of 315. The exiting majority Centre Left, the Olive Tree (L'Ulivo), lead by Francesco Rutelli, won some 115 seat. With 254 against 154 for L'Ulivo at the end of the afternoon,...

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