EPA/Giuseppe Lami February 27, 2019 Italy: the far right is in charge – these election results prove it Davide Vampa, Aston University One half of the government has trounced the other in Abruzzo and Sardinia.
Salvini has avoided a trial thanks to a vote by the M5S. EPA/Angelo Carconi February 20, 2019 Matteo Salvini just avoided facing a kidnap trial – thanks to an online vote Davide Vampa, Aston University Italy’s deputy prime minister remains immune from prosecution because his coalition partners, the Five Star Movement, let members vote online to uphold it.
Emmanuel Macron has pulled his ambassador out of Rome in a rage. EPA/Benoit Tessier February 8, 2019 France and Italy: a deeper rift over Europe lies behind the current crisis Simon Toubeau, University of Nottingham When two founding partners of the European Union are at loggerheads, something is very wrong.
The Five Star Movement’s Luigi Di Maio and founder Beppe Grillo won big in the March 4 elections. AP Photo/Andrew Medichini March 6, 2018 Italy’s economy has ‘cronyism disease,’ but will its next government treat it? Bruno Pellegrino, University of California, Los Angeles Italy has stagnated for more than two decades, yet its politicians seem hardly aware of the source of the problem, let alone how to fix it.
Di Meo/EPA February 23, 2018 Italy election: how populist Five Star Movement is wrecking government hopes for the mainstream Martin J Bull, University of Salford 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?