Rome June 6 (IANS/AKI) Italy s populist government on Wednesday won a vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament a day after it won a similar vote in the Senate.
The alliance between the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the hard-right League gained the Chamber of Deputies endorsement with 350 votes in favour 236 against and 35 abstentions.
Premier Giuseppe Conte a political newcomer won a Senate confidence vote on Tuesday after a wide-ranging maiden speech that vowed to review European Union sanctions against Russia called for the swift and obligatory resettlement of refugees decent pensions a minimum income for all citizens and fair taxation.
The coalition - Western Europe s first populist government - was sworn in last week and holds a majority in both houses of parliament albeit a slender one in the Senate.

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