Topic: POLITIK - on December 13, 2010 at 3:17:00 PM CET
Berlusconi warns of crisis ahead of crucial vote
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told members of parliament they risked plunging Italy into the middle of the euro zone's debt crisis if they voted against him in a no-confidence vote due on Tuesday.
Speaking in the Senate a day before a showdown that could force him from office and trigger early elections, Berlusconi said his government had kept Italy out of the turmoil but that the threat of instability remained.
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