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For the first time, two populist radical-right partners are teaming up to form a government. So who is the outsider now?
Italy’s next prime minister promises a lot on the campaign trail but the reality of government will prove a shock.
Italy will have its first woman prime minister. And both Italy and Western Europe will have their first far-right majority government since the fall of Mussolini and the end of the Second World War.
With the opposition all but giving up, a party with origins in post-war fascism is poised to form a government.
Italians will vote soon. A likely victory for the far-right Brothers of Italy could take the country down an uncharted path.
The latest political chaos in Italy is the result of a series of political manoeuvres by varying parties.
In claiming the election was “stolen” from him and using the office of the president to the benefit of his family, Trump dips into the authoritarian playbook to convert power into property.
Scandals are violent shocks to social systems, yet not all questionable behaviour produces scandal. How can we explain that some figures escape the consequences of their own behavior while others don’t?
The ideals of liberal democracies are under threat – and not just in the US and Russia.
Italy’s first black senator, and the party he represents, won’t be advancing the fight against xenophobia.
The Five Star Movement is the biggest party, but forming a government is going to be difficult. Will a right-wing coalition prevail?
Together, two parties with a tough stance on immigration and the EU – the Five Star Movement and the League – received nearly 50 percent of the vote.
He’s barred from public office but this former prime minister isn’t going to be held back by the small matter of a conviction for tax evasion.
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 Brisbane Roar’s woes are the least of the Bakrie Group’s concerns, writes Nasya Bahfen.
With corruption scandals dogging practically every party, it’s difficult to see how the electorate can have faith in their representatives. And yet, they keep voting for them.
World soccer is the story of hyper-capitalism. What would fan and revolutionary thinker Frantz Fanon have thought about the state of the sport?
Paolo Gentiloni’s government is barely distinct from his predecessor’s, and its mandate is desperately thin.
In a climate of widespread discontent with Italy’s political establishment, a new election might wipe out most of the parties in the current government coalition.
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