Decree for south becomes law (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, February 22 - A decree containing a package of measures to boost Italy's poorer south, the Mezzogiorno, became law after it was passed by a big majority in the Senate Wednesday. The government did not need to attach a confidence vote to the decree. Just before Christmas cabinet approved the decree containing urgent interventions for "social and territorial cohesion", with particular focus on critical situations in the less prosperous Mezzogiorno.