Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi, only 41, once seemed to have solved the riddle of how to survive Europe’s populist, anti-establishment tempest. But with a critical national referendum on Sunday, the populist wave is now threatening to crush him and plunge Italy into a political crisis when the European Union is already reeling.
Contents: Sunday’s referendum in Italy threatens EU’s stability; Referendum vote could affect stability of Italy’s troubled banks
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi says that he regrets making the constitutional referendum too personal and about his government as polls show he may be heading for defeat.
Italy’s most famous chef and more than 80 actors, singers, directors and athletes on Sunday backed a constitutional change to be voted on in two weeks, giving Prime Minister Matteo Renzi desperately needed support.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is facing defeat in a constitutional reform referendum that could spark the European Union’s next crisis.
Contents: Italy’s Monte dei Paschi di Siena floats desperate rescue plan; After Brexit and Trump, Italy’s Five-Star-Movement may be the next surprise
On December 4, Italy faces a referendum that could sink the present government and usher in a new populist era, an outcome made more probable by Donald Trump’s recent election victory in the U.S.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi could be the next casualty of the populist movement sweeping across the Western world, as his political opponents take succour from the election of Donald Trump as president.
Contents: Britain’s Brexit plans in disarray after court requires parliamentary approval; Italy’s Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world’s oldest bank, appears close to collapse
(REUTERS) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Wednesday threatened to block the European Union’s next budget with a “veto” should Eastern European countries fail to take in their share of refugees.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has issued a dire ultimatum, warning that Italy will not survive another year of mass immigration like the present one.
Massive migration into Italy continues unabated, as some 6,100 migrants were rescued at sea over the weekend as they attempted to cross the Strait of Sicily from North Africa into Italy.
In a sign that European countries may be increasing their support for Israel’s battle against UNESCO’s Jerusalem resolutions, Italy announced on Friday that it would vote against such texts in the future.
President Barack Obama joked that the presidential elections remind him of hell.
(Reuters) – Britons cannot end up with more rights than citizens from other non-EU countries after Brexit and the issue of limiting freedom of movement with the bloc will not be discussed until formal talks are launched, Italy’s prime minister
In the midst of falling employment, rampant immigration, failing banks and general economic malaise, the Italian government is offering young people 500 euros each to spend on “cultural” entertainment, such as rock concerts and movies.
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Britain will invoke Article 50, triggering the process to leave the European Union, in January or February EU Officials have claimed, following confidential talks with the Prime Minister Theresa May. Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, told a
On Monday, Pope Francis received Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, at his Vatican residence, together with Zuckerberg’s wife, Priscilla Chan.
TEL AVIV – A senior official at the Islamic University in Lucca, Italy, posted a series of inflammatory comments on Facebook, including a call for “a final solution for Zionists.”
European Union (EU) leaders are storming ahead with their plans to create a pan-EU army, insisting that a joint defence force is necessary to combat Islamic terrorism and other threats. Standing on the deck of the Italian aircraft carrier the
Europe needs to invest in defence, education and culture while breaking free of bureaucratic rules, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Monday ahead of a meeting with the leaders of Germany and France.
The leaders of Germany, France and Italy will meet on Monday to discuss how to keep the European project together in the second set of talks between the premiers of the euro zone’s three largest economies since Britain’s shock vote to leave the bloc.
ROME (Reuters) Italy’s highest court gave the green light on Monday to a referendum that Prime Minister Matteo Renzi says will guarantee political stability and on which he has staked his future.
Small businesses along the Italian riviera have started to fly the Union flag to protest a European Union ruling which would open the area to multinational businesses.
Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of the Democratic Party (PD), still reeling from a series of recent mayoral losses to the populist Five Star Movement, is now facing the biggest challenge in his political career: a major bank crisis from accumulated bad debt.
BARI, Italy — A major head-on collision between two regional trains in southern Italy Tuesday morning has left at least 10 people dead and dozens more injured.
The Brexit vote has put further stress on the beleaguered Italian banking system which may have to separate from the European Central Bank (ECB) and possibly the European Union (EU). In the wake of market turmoil as a result of
Contents: Italy bank crisis more dangerous to EU than Brexit; EU Banking Union rules were a reaction to Greece’s financial crisis
The long-awaited Quartet report on the Middle East is expected to include a recommendation that Israel and the Palestinians begin bilateral negotiations, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
The astonishing victory of populist mayoral candidate Virginia Raggi in the first round of elections Sunday in Italy’s capital city signals a radical change in Italian politics, as citizens push out old-line institutional parties in favor of forward-thinking populists. Raggi’s
After decades of corruption, scandal and chronic incompetence have left the reputation of Rome’s city hall in tatters, citizens are rebelling by abandoning traditional political parties in favor of the populist ‘Five Star Movement’, led by a 37-year-old lawyer named
Contents: Tens of thousands in pro-EU anti-government protest in Warsaw Poland; Thousands of Berlin protesters chant ‘No Islam on German soil’; Hooded anarchists in Italy turn violent on Austrian border
Faced with the ongoing migrant crisis, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned European Union (EU) leaders to protect the politico-trading bloc’s external borders or risk a return to nationalism. Chancellor Merkel was addressing a joint press conference in Rome, alongside the Italian
Contents: Female suicide bomber attacks Bursa in northwestern Turkey; Austria votes to close border with Italy to slow refugees
As Austria steps up border security at the Brenner Pass, Italian authorities have joined European Union officials in denouncing the measures as fundamentally contrary to Schengen regulations guaranteeing open internal borders among member states.
In power for two years, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has initiated many reforms aimed at invigorating the anaemic economy, including his flagship overhaul of the constitution which was approved by parliament this week. But the woes of a major
A day-long protest by immigrants Monday on the Italian resort island of Sardinia paralyzed city traffic in the capital city of Cagliari, as Eritrean and Somali protesters sat or lay down in the streets preventing any flow of traffic. “Cagliari
Italian counterterrorist police have arrested a 22-year-old Somali imam and asylum-seeker, for planning a terror attack on the city of Rome as well as “intense and vehement proselytism” among migrants for jihad. On Wednesday, police moved swiftly to arrest the
At the end of his weekly Angelus address Sunday, Pope Francis praised Greece and other “front line” countries for their reception of migrants, while urging the rest of the European Union (EU) to be more “generous” in taking in refugees.
