An economist answers four important questions on what’s behind the political turmoil in Italy and what’s at stake for Europe and the world.
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Italy’s economy is verging on bankrupt and its election results have dealt a hammer blow to the prospects of fixing things. The best option, financially at least, may be to put someone else at the helm.
The history of north Italian regionalism, and why Matteo Salvini’s League represents the end of a long era.
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 revolt that brought down Matteo Renzi is no carbon copy of Trump et al, but that won’t be of much comfort to Brussels.
Radical right populists are on the brink of power in Austria and making gains across the region. And the European leaders who once were willing to publicly condemn them are silent now.
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Professor of Politics, Griffith University
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor of Politics, University of Salford
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Senior Lecturer, Law, University of Glasgow
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Assistant Professor of Finance, Columbia University
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Lecturer in Italian Politics, University of Bath
