#ITALY: PM Calls Brexit A "Tough Wake Up Call" For The EU

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Ahead of this week’s European summit, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni told the country’s Senate that the Brexit vote was not a catastrophe for the European Union but serves as a tough wake-up call.

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Pictured: Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, left, chats with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at an EU meeting last month.

#ITALY: Newly Installed Gov't Said To Be Short-Lived "Caretakers" Until New Elections

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Italy's parliament on Wednesday approved a new government which is widely said to be so short-lived that its inauguration was seen as the start of battle for the next election. Incoming Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of the Democratic Party was previously foreign minister in the government of Matteo Renzi, who resigned after the crushing defeat of his government reform referendum. The government was approved by a vote of 169 to 99 in the Senate.


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