During the 2006 electoral campaign, the then leader of the opposition, Romano Prodi, promised to give legal rights to de facto couples if elected. Prodi's left-of-centre coalition subsequently gained power and in February 2007 it approved a draft bill to recognise domestic partnerships under the name "Diritti e doveri delle persone stabilmente Conviventi" (DICO; English: "Rights and duties of stable cohabitants"). The bill faced considerable opposition from the Catholic Church, and in the Senate from the majority of the right-wing opposition and even from certain elements within Prodi's own fractious coalition. Delays meant the bill could not reach the floor for a conclusive vote.