Italy PM Letta says can achieve goals with smaller majority

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Wednesday his government could achieve reforms even with a smaller majority, as he wound up a debate on a confidence vote in which he has been boosted by dissidents from Silvio Berlusconi's center-right party. "Our government can reach its objectives despite the fact that the majority's numbers have changed," Letta said as he formally put a confidence motion to the Senate, which is expected to complete the vote in the early afternoon. Letta spoke at length about Italy's role in the European Union and his goal to push for greater integration during the country's rotating presidency in the second half of 2014, suggesting he sees his government lasting at least until 2015. (Reporting by Steve Scherer)