Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi looks on during a news conference at Chigi Palace in Rome August 4, 2011. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Senators will vote on November 27 on whether to expel centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi from parliament over a conviction for tax fraud, officials said on Tuesday.
The vote has the potential to trigger a new crisis for Prime Minister Enrico Letta's fragile ruling coalition of left and right, given Berlusconi's repeated threats to pull his People of Freedom (PDL) group out of the government if Letta's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) votes for his expulsion.
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