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    • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
      Ben Hall
      The new face of Europe’s radical right is on display in Italy

      Giorgia Meloni and her party appear well placed to secure victory in next month’s parliamentary elections

    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      Italy’s rightwing alliance pledges solidarity with EU and Nato

      Coalition tipped to form new government in Rome seeks to reassure allies and Brussels after collapse of Draghi administration

    • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
      Spectre of Russian interference hangs over Italy’s snap elections

      Some in the country believe the Kremlin helped to script last month’s ousting of Mario Draghi

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      News in-depth
      Draghi factor set to weigh on Italy’s snap elections

      Many voters will want to punish the parties that pulled the plug on national unity government

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      Andrea Lorenzo Capussela
      Italy is throwing away the chance for a proper debate on its future

      The prospects for substantive reform after the fall of Mario Draghi’s government do not look bright

    • Friday, 22 July, 2022
      Tony Barber
      Draghi’s undesirable exit reflects time-honoured tradition in Italian politics

      EU allies and financial markets worry that the national reform effort will lose momentum after elections in September

    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      News in-depthItaly
      Italy’s hard-right parties ready to fill void if Draghi fulfils threat to quit

      Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party leads polls but rivalry with League’s Matteo Salvini could complicate alliances

    • Saturday, 29 January, 2022
      Italian politics
      Italy re-elects Mattarella as president to end political stalemate

      Incumbent was seen as only candidate able to ensure the survival of Draghi’s fragile government

    • Tuesday, 19 October, 2021
      Italian politics
      Centre-left takes control of key Italian cities in blow to Five Star

      Democratic Party candidate seizes Rome from the former upstart party which also lost Turin

    • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
      The Big Read
      Silvio Berlusconi: Italy’s great survivor plots a succession plan

      Despite Forza Italia’s return to government, the long-term prospects of the party as well as the family business are uncertain

    • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
      Italian politics
      Five Star votes to back Draghi as Italy’s prime minister

      Largest party in parliament supports joining forthcoming national unity government

    • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
      News in-depthMario Draghi
      Italy calls on ‘Super Mario’ as political crisis deepens

      Former ECB chief set to form new Italian government after efforts to rebuild Conte coalition fail

    • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
      News in-depthItalian politics
      Renzi attempts power play with threat to Italian coalition

      Former prime minister has raised the prospect of withdrawing his party’s support

    • Monday, 3 August, 2020
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      First They Took Rome: How the Populist Right Conquered Italy, by David Broder

      An expert dissection of the trends that account for the Italian League’s revival

    • Friday, 5 June, 2020
      Giorgia Meloni emerges as challenger to Salvini on Italian right

      Former youth minister seen as threat to League leader’s once-unquestioned dominance

    • Monday, 27 January, 2020
      Italian politics
      Matteo Salvini thwarted in attempt to find way back to power in Italy

      Leader of League party hoped regional win would force general election

    • Sunday, 26 January, 2020
      Salvini seeks to unseat Italian left in Emilia Romagna stronghold

      Anti-immigrant League party seeks to force national elections by dislodging PD on its home turf

    • Wednesday, 22 January, 2020
      Italian politics
      Luigi Di Maio quits as Five Star leader in blow to Italy coalition

      Anti-establishment movement suffers waning popularity and wave of defections

    • Wednesday, 22 January, 2020
      Tony Barber
      Luigi Di Maio’s departure holds lessons for his successor

      Five Star’s struggle shows how Italian voters, desperate for something different, can quickly lose faith

    • Monday, 13 January, 2020
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Italian politics: Matteo Salvini’s comeback bid

      Victory in the leftwing region of Emilia-Romagna, could propel the League leader to prime minister

    • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
      Wolfgang Münchau
      Complacency could yet threaten the eurozone

      If the populists gain power in France and Italy, the future of the euro will be in their hands

    • Friday, 25 October, 2019
      Italian politics
      Heart of Italy captured by Salvini’s League

      Umbria vote expected to be chastening setback for national coalition partners

    • Tuesday, 17 September, 2019
      Italian politics
      Italy’s former PM Matteo Renzi forms breakaway party

      Split from centre-left Democrats shifts power in fragile two-week-old coalition

    • Monday, 16 September, 2019
      Italian politics
      Renzi spearheads centre-left’s unexpected return to power in Italy

      Democratic party gets top posts but splits threaten chance to set domestic agenda

    • Tuesday, 3 September, 2019
      Italian politics
      Five Star members approve Italy coalition with centre-left rival

      Result closes door on League leader Matteo Salvini’s bid to win power through snap election

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