Italy's Letta presses on after coalition tensions


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  • Friday, 05 Jul 2013

Italy's Prime Minister Enrico Letta (R) arrives to meet Pope Francis as he is flanked by father Georg Gaenswein during a meeting at the Vatican July 4, 2013. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Thursday he was confident that his fractious left-right coalition was on the right path after a meeting aimed at easing tensions over its halting progress on economic reforms.

"There's a good relaunch of the government and of the government programme. I'm optimistic and we are on the right path," Letta said after a clear-the-air meeting called when the centrist Civic Choice movement threatened to withdraw support if economic reforms were not stepped up.

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