Tag: Matteo Salvini
Right-wing alliance triumphs, Meloni nominates Prime Minister
Rome Giorgia Meloni is the winner of the Italian parliamentary elections: according to initial projections, her post-fascist party Fratelli d’Italia won the most votes. Their aspired alliance, which also includes…
Italy elects Mussolini’s faithful heir
right-wing extremism, nationalistic and inclined towards Russian President Vladimir Putin, sneaks into the upper house of European governments on velvet paws. A few months ago in France, combined forces managed…
The first forecasts see a right-wing alliance around Giorgia Meloni
Rome Giorgia Meloni is the winner of the Italian parliamentary elections: according to initial projections, her post-fascist party Fratelli d’Italia won the most votes. Their aspired alliance, which also includes…
Low voter turnout in Italy – Meloni postpones voting
Polling station in Italy Polling stations open at 7 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. (Photo: dpa) Rome Italy has elected its new parliament – and Europe is anxiously looking…
Low voter turnout in Italy – Meloni postpones voting
Polling station in Italy Polling stations open at 7 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. (Photo: dpa) Rome In the first hours of the parliamentary elections in Italy, only a…
These right-wing parties want to rule Italy
Rome “You are patriots in our hearts,” Ercole had printed on his T-shirt, with a heart-shaped photo of Giorgia Meloni above it. The 56-year-old – wearing the blue cap of…
How right is the country really?
Giorgia Meloni’s campaign event in Cagliari A deep rift runs through the country: here the left, there the right. (Photo: GIANNI CIPRIANO/The New York Tim) Rome Stefano Zumino has been…
These are the promises of Italy’s right – and they cost them
Silvio Berlusconi (left), Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini at an event in 2019 The three major parties of the centre-right bloc currently have more than 45 percent of the votes…
Markets and investors are worried
Giorgia Meloni The leader of Italy’s post-fascist brothers is unsettling investors. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt, Rome According to Matteo Salvini, head of the Italian right-wing party Lega, after the parliamentary elections…
Mario Draghi changed that – and is now in danger
Rome The Mario Draghi chapter is complete. Italy is facing new elections, and President Sergio Mattarella dissolved the chambers of parliament early Thursday evening. The former central banker was in…
Mario Draghi changed that – and is now in danger
Rome Mario Draghi was in office for exactly 522 days, just over 17 months. These were times of crisis, economic, pandemic, and since the outbreak of the Ukraine war also…
Mario Draghi wants to continue government with renewed confidence
Rome The speech that all of Italy has been waiting for begins 18 minutes late on Thursday: Mario Draghi gets up from his seat in the Senate – and initially…
Mario Draghi’s coalition before the end
Mario Draghi After a quiet term in office, things are happening in quick succession: the Italian prime minister is threatened with a collapse of the governing coalition. (Photo: AP) Rome…
“We need more sanctions, more pressure”
Video of Ukraine’s President Zelensky in the Italian Parliament “You know us Ukrainians well, we never wanted war.” (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Press) Rome When Ukraine’s president appears on the screens in…
Mattarella ready for another term
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi had also expressed interest in the presidency before the elections. But now he is appealing to the incumbent President to accept another term. (Photo: Reuters)…
Seventh ballot ends without result: Italy’s parties want Mattarella
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi had also expressed interest in the presidency before the elections. But now he is appealing to the incumbent President to accept another term. (Photo: Reuters)…
No candidacy for President of Italy
Silvio Berlusconi The 85-year-old announced that he was no longer available as a candidate. (Photo: AP) Rome Silvio Berlusconi has given up his last big political dream. The former Prime…
Is Italy slipping into the next government crisis?
Rome Italy will elect a new head of state on Monday. The date has been fixed for weeks, but the outcome is highly uncertain. Main protagonist: Mario Draghi and the…