Often dubbed an anti-establishment political movement, in actual fact, Italy’sFive Star Movement is promoting an establishment that works and serves citizens. Several Five Star Movement initiatives have
It’s like bad old Berlusconi times. Today, and after a parliamentary commission recommended his arrest, Senator Antonio Azzollini’s skin was saved by his senate colleges, 189 of
Stephen Lusher, the former Australian politician who contributes to Italy Chronicles, found the results of recent regional elections somewhat perplexing. He asked me for my
My prediction: Italy’s economy should start returning to growth in 2019. Why 2019? I’ll explain. This year, 2015, amid much controversy, Italy’s Matteo Renzi led government
Speaking at a regional election rally, former Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi criticized the violence with which current Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi has
It’s been a battle royal with squabbles galore but Italy’s Prime Minister has managed to impose an electoral law reform on Italy, or just about.
Italy’s electoral law reform process is hotting up. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is going all out to pass the election law he thinks Italy needs and
After the Milan Expo 2015, Venice MOSE, Rome mafia, and Incalza affairs, at the center of the latest corruption scandal to break the surface in Italy are the
After much bleating, Italy’s infrastructure minister Maurizio Lupi eventually, and rather reluctantly, resigned. Mr Lupi is embroiled in a massive corruption scandal though is not, yet, under investigation
