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U.S. Recognizes Prodi's Victory: "We will work with his government"04/21/06 -- WASHINGTON -- After the announced judgment of the Supreme Court, the American administration formally acknowledges that the new parliamentary majority belongs to the Union* -- For the first time, the American administration has officially recognized the results of the Italian elections of April 9: "We intend to work with the Prodi government," declared the spokesman of the State Department, Sean McCormack. There still hasn't been a congratulatory phone call from President George W. Bush, but, as well-informed diplomatic sources at the White House assure, it's only a matter of time. Thus, a sort of diplomatic "impasse" that risked creating a divide between Italy and the United States has been cleared up. The same is true because the American administration was referring, in noting the results of the political elections of April 9 and 10, to the American custom holding that the defeated candidate admits having been beaten and recognizes the victory of his or her opponent. Yesterday's Supreme Court decision, which formalized the results of the election, helped to persuade Washington to confirm the success of Prodi's Union over Berlusconi's Casa della Libertà .** During the course of his daily briefing with reporters, McCormack said: "We will be very pleased to work with the Prodi government on important issues we have before us. Relations between the United States and Italy are broad and deep: they go beyond the relationship between our two governments and involve the Italian and American peoples." [Remaining text untranslated] * "L'Unione" is the center-left coalition led by Prime Minister-elect Romano Prodi ** Casa della Libertà , literally "House of Liberty," is the center-right coalition headed by Silvio Berlusconi. It often appears as the abbreviation CDL. --Translated by Chris Drake Go to original article: ( categories: Italian | La Repubblica )
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