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Italy government wins confidence vote on decree targeting migrant rescue ships
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS AUGUST 5, 2019 / 3:08 PM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
Italy government wins confidence vote on decree targeting migrant rescue ships
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government on Monday won a confidence vote in the Senate on a decree targeting charities operating migrant rescue ships, in a victory for Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and his far-right League party.
The government of the League and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement has been riven by internal strife in recent weeks but won the vote by 160 to 57. It would have had to resign had it lost the motion.
The decree drawn up by Salvini, who also serves as deputy prime minister, toughens sanctions on charity ships that seek to bring migrants rescued in the Mediterranean to Italy.
The decree had already been passed by the lower house and so now becomes law just a couple of days before parliament closes on Wednesday for the summer recess.
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Italy government wins confidence vote on decree targeting migrant rescue ships
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government on Monday won a confidence vote in the Senate on a decree targeting charities operating migrant rescue ships, in a victory for Interior Minister Matteo Salvini and his far-right League party.
The government of the League and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement has been riven by internal strife in recent weeks but won the vote by 160 to 57. It would have had to resign had it lost the motion.
The decree drawn up by Salvini, who also serves as deputy prime minister, toughens sanctions on charity ships that seek to bring migrants rescued in the Mediterranean to Italy.
The decree had already been passed by the lower house and so now becomes law just a couple of days before parliament closes on Wednesday for the summer recess.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-politics-migrants/italy-government-wins-confidence-vote-on-decree-targeting-migrant-rescue-ships-idUSKCN1UV21Y
