ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Romano Prodi, whose government risks collapse after losing its Senate majority, told parliament on Tuesday Italy needed a stable government to steer it through times of global financial uncertainty.
"We need continuity of action above all at a moment in which the world economy is faced with negative developments, the ultimate consequences of which we can not yet comprehend," he said.
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