Goodbye Mr Renzi?
Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is in big trouble. After transforming an upcoming referendum – date still unknown – into a pro or anti Renzi vote, he’s discovered that not as many people like him as he hoped. I read an article in Italian on Mr Renzi which stated that there are those who want […]
Thoughts on Italy’s 2014 European Elections Results
With the European election result now in, Italy learnt that nearly 41% of those who voted opted for prime minister Matteo Renzi’s Partito Democratico (PD) party. Curiously, and despite surveys which indicated growing euroscepticism, Italy, unlike France and the UK, did not opt for a eurosceptic party. Beppe Grillo’s eurosceptic 5 Star Movement did not do anywhere […]
Italy’s Matteo Renzi Interviewed in English
I’d heard on the grapevine that the spoken English of Italy’s Prime Minister designate Matteo Renzi was not too strong. Well, after having seen the video below, Mr Renzi’s English does not seem too bad. However, the second video here, and one shot more recently than the first, indicates that Italy’s Prime Minister’s English is […]