For many who have waited to see which way the center-right Government would go, this has been a defining moment.

In France, the vote plunged the center-right government into crisis.

The country's center-right government has lobbied hard to get rid of the law since coming to power nearly three years ago.

Italians have elected a new center-right government that means to put Italy first.

The center-right government took a number of steps to enforce the law in Christiania.

The vote came after six weeks of debate but was not unexpected because the center-right French government has a comfortable majority in both chambers.

Since the new center-right government came into office last spring, dozens of terrorism suspects have been arrested.

The campaign for the law by France's center-right government infuriated workers and union leaders, setting off strikes.

"Undecided voters may think a center-right government will be tougher on terrorism," he said.

The center-right government and the opposition parties are about evenly divided in opinion polls.