ITALY-POLITICS-GOVERNMENT

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MARTINE NOUAILLE - (FILES) - Picture taken 12 October 2007 of Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi at Chigi palace in Rome . Romano Prodi finally won Senate approval, 25 October 2007, for a bill linked to the 2008 budget after telling members of his fractious coalition to sort out their loyalties. But the centre-left coalition lost a series of votes in the Senate during a review of the 2008 budget, putting new pressure on his faltering hold on power. AFP PHOTO ANDREAS SOLARO