Italian senate passes €30 billion austerity package
Thursday, December 22, 2011 The Italian senate has approved in a 257 to 41 vote a €30 billion (US$39 billion or £25 billion) austerity package that Italian prime minister Mario Monti has called the “Save Italy Decree”. The measures had previously passed in the Chamber of Deputies, Italy’s lower house, with a 402 to 75 […]