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

    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
    Di Maio quits as leader of Italy’s Five Star

    Anti-establishment movement suffers waning popularity and wave of defections

  • Wednesday, 22 January, 2020
    Tony Barber
    Di Maio’s exit 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
    AnalysisThe 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

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

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  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2019
    Italian politics
    Five Star members approve Italy coalition deal

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

  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2019
    Italian politics
    Italy’s Five Star polls party members over coalition deal

    Online consultation expected to underline divisions within the anti-establishment party

  • Monday, 26 August, 2019
    Italian politics
    Five Star activists voice anger at centre-left coalition talk

    Anti-establishment party in race to meet deadline to form Italian government

  • Saturday, 24 August, 2019
    Italian politics
    Coalition crisis intrudes on Italians’ summer break

    Matteo Salvini’s bid to trigger an election campaign is the talk of the beach

  • Thursday, 22 August, 2019
    Italian politics
    Rival Italian parties set out tough stances for deal

    Five Star insists on its reform agenda as country’s president considers options

  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2019
    ExplainerItalian politics
    Italian government on the brink — what happens next?

    Prime minister faces vote of no confidence as Matteo Salvini seeks early elections

  • Sunday, 11 August, 2019
    Italian politics
    Salvini faces stumbling blocks in his push for power

    Coalition partner Five Star resists snap elections before budget vote

  • Friday, 9 August, 2019
    Italian politics
    The rise and fall of Italy’s unlikely coalition — a timeline

    How the alliance between the League and Five Star unravelled

  • Friday, 9 August, 2019
    Italian politics
    Italy PM faces confidence vote as fresh elections loom

    League tables motion against Giuseppe Conte as Matteo Salvini hits the beach

  • Thursday, 4 July, 2019
    Italian politics
    Disillusioned Sicily looks to Salvini for salvation

    Italy’s southerners feel left behind and have turned their backs on Five Star

  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Debt and populism test Italy’s bedraggled polity

    Trust between Brussels and the government in Rome is draining away

  • Monday, 27 May, 2019
    Gideon Rachman
    Fragmented Europe risks paralysis

    Parties built around the structure of last century are losing their relevance

  • Monday, 27 May, 2019
    AnalysisEuropean Parliament elections
    European Parliament: round-up from national capitals

    A look at the winners and losers of the big national contests

  • Thursday, 23 May, 2019
    Italian politics
    Salvini crosses Italy to drum up support for League

    Old-fashioned campaign strategy contributes to deputy PM’s success

  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2019
    Italian politics
    Italy’s centre-left looks to take on populists

    Zingaretti adamant he can defeat the League’s Salvini but election polls tell different story

  • Sunday, 19 May, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Europe’s political centre must prove its worth

    No breakthrough is likely for insurgent radicals in EU elections 

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