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Italy’s political future hangs in the balance – will it see another chaotic grand coalition, or take an anti-EU populist step into the unknown?
The former PM has resigned as leader of his party in the hope of returning to the top job. But it hasn’t quite gone to plan.
Paolo Gentiloni’s government is barely distinct from his predecessor’s, and its mandate is desperately thin.
Problems at Monte dei Paschi and UniCredit are bad enough without bail-in rules to contend with.
The Italian referendum and the Austrian vote are shaping up to be a seminal moment for European politics and the future of the European Union.
The Italians have rejected Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s constitutional reform package. Now the real struggle for Italy begins.
Markets haven’t panicked as they did with Brexit and Trump, but Italy faces serious economic issues in the near future.
This was a vote against the prime minister – not a show of support for his rivals.
The revolt that brought down Matteo Renzi is no carbon copy of Trump et al, but that won’t be of much comfort to Brussels.
The PM came to power as the anti-establishment candidate. Now he could be the next victim of populist ire.
The suggested start of Brexit negotiations doesn’t do Britain any favours, nor Germany, France or Italy.
What should have been a debate about constitutional reform has turned into a battle for the premiership, thanks to a schoolboy error by the incumbent.
The most difficult aspect of trade in “post-sanctions” Tehran, is how to navigate the sanctions still in place.
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Giorgio Napolitano, Italy’s 89-year-old president, has resigned from the office he has held for nearly a decade. His departure will prompt a secret ballot among parliamentarians to replace him. But this…
Even Angela Merkel now seems to agree that austerity has run its course. When Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi, together with other European leaders, led a fresh charge against the ill-fated policy…
In Italy, as elsewhere, elections for the European parliament have always tended to be “second order”. This means that voters see them as less important than the “first-order” elections for the national…
Three weeks can be an awfully long time in politics. Last Thursday, Matteo Renzi, the new leader of Italy’s Democratic Party (PD) – the largest member of the country’s ruling coalition – announced that…
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