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The Five Star-PD coalition will not deliver the old-school politics the country needs
Editor of ‘Il Fatto Quotidiano’ warns anti-establishment party over coalition choices
Projections suggest hung parliament as Five Star and Northern League gain strength
The hope is they will moderate their policies to protect the recovery
The party lacks any cohesive team that looks like a credible government in waiting
Media mogul seeks to regain dominance after a long hiatus in the political wilderness
Davide Casaleggio is gatekeeper of the party yet it discloses little about his role or his company
Italy’s former leader seeks to rebuild a rightwing coalition, writes Tony Barber
Left and populists ahead in polls but Berlusconi waits in wings for comeback
Populists defeated in leader Beppe Grillo’s native Genoa and in other large cities
Genoa vote provides gauge of Grillo’s standing as chance rises of early election
Five Star’s bright prospects heighten anxiety about political and financial instability
Support for the single currency falls as political and economic troubles increase
Centrist’s election victory was a relief to Brussels but the political extremes still threaten the establishment
The ERM exit showed that monetary regime changes are as complex as a war
The fight against poverty is turning into one of Italy's most critical battlegrounds
Populist movement’s €17bn income plan for residents is well-placed to woo voters in struggling regions
Their inevitable failure can lead to the rise of the very worst type of extremists
Resignations and scandal leave comic’s populist insurgency with little to laugh about
Direct democracy and rejection of binary politics brings success but stunts maturity
Beppe Grillo’s populist Italian party rejected by liberal MEP grouping
