The leader of Italy’s League Party, Matteo Salvini, has won over the hearts and minds of the majority of Italians and now enjoys the trust of a remarkable 56 percent of citizens, according to a poll released this week.
As the results of Italy’s municipal elections from around the country continue to pour in, the biggest gains are going to the anti-establishment League party, with its 5-Star partner suffering important setbacks.
Mainstream media outlets have scrambled to recast Italy’s crisis in national sovereignty as a debate over participation in the European Union (EU) and its currency (euro) to draw attention away from President Sergio Mattarella’s unprecedented veto of democratic elections.
The Huffington Post has gone into conniptions over the approval of Italy’s new prime minister Giuseppe Conte, warning that the country has now embarked on the road to perdition.
The victorious parties from Italy’s March 4 national elections began cutting up the political pie Saturday, voting in anti-establishment leaders for the two houses that make up the Italian parliament.
With final results in from Sunday’s national elections in Italy, the depth of the defeat for the left can be fully appreciated with the resignation of the leader of the Democratic Party (PD) and the severely diminished presence of the center-left coalition in Parliament.
After the center-right coalition’s victory in Sunday’s elections, Matteo Salvini was quick to rule out an alliance with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, insisting Monday that his party is ready to run Italy.
In what is being called “the mother of all anti-establishment votes,” populist-nationalist parties hammered parties identified as being part of the old guard in Italian elections Sunday, radically altering Italy’s political landscape.
While summer box office revenue continues its steady decline this year, the average price per movie ticket continues to rise.
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s maverick 5-Star Movement should cut ties with the anti-European Union UK Independence Party (UKIP) and consider hooking up with the Liberals in the European Parliament, 5-Star founder Beppe Grillo said on Sunday. If the surprise switch
The new mayors from Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement are squaring for a confrontation with financial firms and utilities.
A new poll has shown a young Eurosceptic party surging to become Italy’s second most popular, such that under the country’s electoral system they could win the next election in 2017 or 18. Italy’s “Five Star” anti-establishment “movement” is
The prominent Italian economist and former government minister, Paolo Savona, has said that Italy “must have a plan B” to exit the euro. He added that the Greek bailout deal was “badly constructed” and warned packages like it, designed to exert economic control
