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Italy's election campaign ends, tensions between EU and right flares

Italy's leaders held their final rallies on Friday ahead of a parliamentary election at the weekend that is expected to be won by a rightist alliance, putting Rome on possible collision course with Brussels.

Reuters

Italian rightwing coalition makes final push before election

Packed rally in Rome closes campaigns for group forecast for landslide victory in polls on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Italy's right seen winning election but watch out for 5-Star, pollsters say

Italy's rightist bloc led by Giorgia Meloni is strongly expected to win Sunday's election but voter sentiment has shifted in the last two weeks and surprises should not be ruled out, pollsters say.

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The politicians vying to lead Italy's next government

The main candidates in Italy's general election on Sunday to elect a new Parliament and determine who next governs the country include both familiar names and lesser-known ones

The Independent UK

Italy's right heads for clear election victory, final polls indicate

Italy's right-wing bloc is on track to win a clear majority in both houses of parliament at this month's election, according to studies based on the final opinion polls before a ban on their publication kicks in on Saturday.

Reuters

Italian government collapse: the political chess moves behind Mario Draghi's resignation

Political instability in Italy is nothing new – the country has had 67 governments in less than 75 years. Its politicians are often shortsighted, moved by special interests and career concerns, rather than by the common good. This is what’s behind the collapse of the most recent government – the…

The Conversation

Who gains or loses, what's next in Italy crisis

Italian Premier Mario Draghi's decision to turn in his resignation after his “unity” coalition broke apart dramatically in Parliament was the latest step in a political crisis that could take months before a new government is solidly in place to lead the European Union's third-largest economy

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Italy heads to an early election after Prime Minister Mario Draghi's coalition fails

Italy's president accepted Premier Mario Draghi's resignation and decided there was no possibility for cobbling together another government following the rapid collapse of the ruling coalition.

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Italian PM says rebuilding trust is key before confidence vote

Mario Draghi addresses MPs in bid to avert what would be Italy’s third government collapse in three years

The Guardian - UK

Italy's right rules out returning to government with 5-Star

Conservative parties in Italy's fractured coalition ruled out on Tuesday continuing to govern alongside the 5-Star Movement, complicating already difficult efforts to keep Prime Minister Mario Draghi's administration afloat.

Reuters

Italy center-right says Draghi’s coalition pact has been broken

The League and Forza Italia said Sunday that their alliance backing Prime Minister Mario Draghi has been broken, signaling the biggest political forces are readying for possible snap elections after the premier announced his resignation last week.

Tribune News Service

Pleas pile up in Italy for PM Draghi to rethink exit

Pleas are piling up in Italy to persuade Premier Mario Draghi to stay in office instead of resigning as he tried to do last week after being let down by a major coalition partner

The Independent UK

Italian parties brace for snap elections with Draghi unmoved

ROME — Italy’s political parties are readying for possible snap elections, even as some of them redouble efforts to persuade Prime Minister Mario Draghi to rethink his determination to resign.

Tribune News Service

Italy enters into political uncertainty after 5-Stars balk

Italy is entering five days of political and financial uncertainty after the 5-Star Movement sparked a government crisis by withholding support on a government-sponsored bill

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Italian government in limbo as president rejects PM Draghi’s resignation

Offer to resign came after coalition parter refused to take part in confidence vote

Evening Standard

Italian president refuses to accept PM Mario Draghi’s resignation after coalition collapse

In a statement, Draghi said the pact of trust that had sustained the unity government had gone

The Guardian - UK

Italian prime minister Mario Draghi to resign after coalition partner snub

Crisis prompted by Five Star Movement’s boycott of crucial confidence vote

Reuters

Analysis-Policy gripes, desperation behind 5-Star ambush on Italy's Draghi

Italy's government hangs in the balance, yet again. Despite war and economic turmoil destabilising the world, the culprit here is one this country has seen many times before: a political party struggling for its survival.

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The Independent UK

Fate of Italy's government hangs in balance after setback

The survival of Italian Premier Mario Draghi's government is hanging in the balance before a key vote in the Senate

Reuters

Factbox-Possible scenarios as Italy's government faces collapse

Prime Minister Mario Draghi's government is on the brink of collapse after the 5-Star Movement said it will not take part in a parliamentary confidence vote on a cost-of-living aid package on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Italy’s government on the brink as 5-Star threatens to boycott confidence vote

Populist party says it won’t back cost of living package and could withdraw from fragile coalition

The Independent UK

Draghi government stability at risk as Italy's 5-Stars balk

The stability of Italian Premier Mario Draghi’s coalition government is at risk because 5-Star lawmakers say they will not participate in a confidence vote in Parliament

Reuters

Italy's 5-Star to snub key vote, pushing Draghi's govt to the brink

Italy's 5-Star Movement will not take part in a parliamentary confidence vote on Thursday, party leader Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday in a move that looked likely to trigger the collapse of Prime Minister Mario Draghi's government.

Reuters

Italy's 5-Star says it will stay in govt but sets policy conditions

Italy's 5-Star Movement will remain in the coalition government but it wants a series of policy changes, the party's leader Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday after meeting Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

Reuters

Italy's Draghi to meet 5-Star chief with govt's future at risk

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and the leader of the 5-Star Movement Giuseppe Conte will meet on Monday to try to resolve tensions which could bring down Draghi's 16-month old government.

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