ROME, March 1 (UPI) -- Italian Premier Romano Prodi survived a razor-thin vote of confidence in Italy's Senate and will remain in office.
The Center-Left premier won a confidence vote 162-157, ANSA reported.
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Prodi offered his resignation Feb. 21 after his 9-month-old government lost a foreign policy vote in the Senate. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano rejected Prodi's resignation but asked the premier to test his government's majority in the Parliament.
"I'm very pleased," the premier said after Wednesday's vote, ANSA reported. He said the vote meant his government had "proved its self-sufficiency," ANSA reported.
The House will have a confidence vote Friday but ANSA reported that Prodi enjoys strong support in that chamber.
