ROME (Reuters) - Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right party declared on Tuesday it would vote against Italy's 2014 budget, confirming its break with the ruling coalition a day before the Senate moves to expel the media tycoon over a tax fraud conviction.
Prime Minister Enrico Letta's government has called a confidence vote to speed up the budget which parliament must pass before the end of the year and is expected to have the numbers to win even without Berlusconi's support.
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