Italy's Renzi wins confidence vote on temporary labour rule


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  • Thursday, 24 Apr 2014

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi gestures during a meeting in Turin, April 12, 2014. REUTERS/Giorgio Perottino

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi easily won a confidence vote on Wednesday over his plans to ease rules for companies that hire temporary workers, part of a broader plan to overhaul labour regulations.

The lower-house of parliament voted 344 to 184 to back Renzi, the 39-year-old former mayor of Florence who took power in February from party rival Enrico Letta.

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