ROME, Sept. 9 -- Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's new government won the first confidence vote in the lower house of parliament on Monday, with 343 votes in favor and 263 against.
His cabinet was sworn in on Sept. 5, forged on a coalition between anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) and center-left Democratic Party (PD), after the previous one -- also led by Conte -- collapsed for right-wing League leader Matteo Salvini's decision to pulled the plug.
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Addressing lawmakers for 1 hour and 20 minutes to outline the new program in the morning, Conte promised the cabinet's action would open "a new, and hopefully decisive season of reforms."
He stressed this government would move in accordance with the European Union (EU) to regain a pro-European stance that has been long traditional for Italy, one of the founding members of the integration process.
Such passage marked a major difference with the previous cabinet made by League and M5S, which often expressed Eurosceptic positions, reducing the level of cooperation with traditional partners such as France and Germany.
However, the prime minister added Italy's position in the further strengthening of the European project would not be uncritical or subsided.
Conte spoke of Italy as willing to be "protagonist of a new phase of the EU, with more attention paid to environment, and to social and territorial cohesion" and stressed the need "to improve the Union's governance."
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