Deputy Italian Prime Minister Calls for Creation of an EU Army, Consolidation of Power in Brussels
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani argued the formation of an EU Army was worth sacrificing the national sovereignty for security.
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani argued the formation of an EU Army was worth sacrificing the national sovereignty for security.
Three-time Italian Prime Minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi died Monday at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, where he had been hospitalized since last Friday for chronic leukemia.
Alessandro Cattaneo, a member of the Italian parliament for the centre-right Forza Italia, has warned parts of Milan are “out of control” following a mass stabbing by a Moroccan migrant.
Populist Matteo Salvini’s League has clashed with other members of the right-wing ruling Italian government under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after trying to propose amendments to further restrict immigration into the country. The League came into conflict with Meloni’s Brothers
The polling boost comes after Meloni formed the a government, becoming the country’s first female Prime Minister.
Fireband social conservative Giorgia Meloni became Italy’s first-ever female prime minister on Friday following the approval from Italian President Sergio Mattarella to form Italy’s next government.
Technocrat nation: Giorgia Meloni is set to become the first elected, rather than appointed, Prime Minister of Italy in well over a decade.
Just in time to celebrate his 86th birthday, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is making his return to Italy’s parliament.
The leader of Italy’s most popular left-wing party has announced he will resign after its catastrophic defeat to a coalition of right-wing parties led by Giorgia Meloni.
Giorgia Meloni centre-right coalition is projected to win a majority of seats in the Italian Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
The coalition led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI) party won Italy’s election on Sunday, meaning the country’s first national-conservative government is set to take power. Additionally, the victory is set to make Meloni the first female prime minister in Italian history.
Italians are voting Sunday in an election which could change the face of the European Union, with a right-populist coalition of anti-mass migration, eurosceptic parties tipped to win a parliamentary majority.
Brothers of Italy (FdI) leader and conservative firebrand Giorgia Meloni has stated that the establishment left is afraid of her right-populist coalition winning the Italian national election this weekend, promising a new era of freedom for Italians.
President Von der Leyen spoke on Thursday on a trip to the United States just days ahead of Italy’s national election on Sunday, saying: “My approach is that whatever democratic government is willing to work with us, we’re working together,” but added: “If things go in a difficult direction, I’ve spoken about Hungary and Poland, we have tools.”
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has courted controversy on the eve of the Italian elections by saying that Russian president Vladimir Putin was “pushed” into war with Ukraine.
An Italian pollster says trends indicate that the left-wing parties will not be able to bridge the gap with the centre-right coalition, which is polling around 20 points ahead.
A poll of polls indicates the right-wing coalition of Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini may win as many as 60 per cent of seats next month.
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has stated he is open to Italy being led by populist firebrand Giorgia Meloni, known for her fierce anti-communist rhetoric and socially conservative stances on abortion and gay marriage.
ROME (AP) – Italian premier Mario Draghi resigned Thursday after key coalition allies boycotted a confidence vote, signalling the likelihood of an early election and a renewed period of uncertainty for Italy and Europe at a critical time.
ROME (AP) — Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has a history of heart and other medical problems, was admitted to a Milan hospital early Friday as a precaution to monitor his coronavirus infection, a top aide said.
The centre-right alliance led by populist leader Matteo Salvini’s League scored nearly 60 percent of the vote in the Umbrian regional election, sending the leftist national coalition parties into disarray.
Populist League (Lega) leader Matteo Salvini met with former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi this week to forge a new alliance against the new leftist coalition government.
Milan — A proposal to use 15 million euros in Saudi Arabian government funds for Milan’s La Scala opera house came under fire on Tuesday because of anger over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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.
Four-time prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has suggested Italy’s centre-right coalition team up with the populist Five-Star Movement (M5S) to form a government which would send shockwaves through the European Union.
Former Italian Prime Minister and leader of the Forza Italia party Silvio Berlusconi has put his support behind a plan to revitalise the economies of Africa in order to prevent mass migration to Europe.
The left-wing Italian Democratic Party (PD) held a voting class for Muslims this week in Milan with some highlighting the fact that the party had used ballots where the only choice was the Democratic Party.
Italian police have arrested two more Nigerian immigrants in their investigation into the brutal murder of Pamela Mastropietro, the Roman 18-year-old whose dismembered remains were found inside two suitcases outside Macerata in central Italy earlier this month.
MILAN (AP) — The passage of a pair of referendums seeking greater autonomy for two wealthy regions in Italy was “a lesson in democracy for Europe,” the head of Italy’s right-wing Northern League party said Monday.
Former long-time serving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s party Forza Italia celebrated the victory of the right-wing parties in Austria saying a “centre-right-wing wind is blowing through the European Union”.
Opposition politicians have promised to fight plans by Arcore’s left wing local government which would see unvetted migrants walking young children to school in a project to teach pupils about ‘diversity’ and ‘humanity’.
Italian Senator Marco Marin of the Forza Italia Party has sharply criticized Prime Minister Matteo Renzi for converting Italy into a “great parking lot of despair” through his inability to effectively address Italy’s immigration crisis.
BOLOGNA (ITALY) – Italy’s billionaire former premier Silvio Berlusconi lashed out at the European Union on Sunday as he appealed to the populist right and called for “less Europe” at a Northern League party rally. The controversial 79-year-old — whose
Two Italian senators said to have made gestures suggestive of oral sex to an opposing female colleague during a debate in parliament have been suspended by the Senate’s speaker. Speaker Pietro Grasso took the action against Lucio Barani and Vincenzo d’Anna after receiving complaints about