Italy election: who’s running, who will win, and why does it matter? Polls are predicting centre-right coalition led by ‘post-fascist’ Brothers of Italy will triumph later this month The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2022
Front-runner for prime minister says she’ll keep Italy on Draghi’s course on Russia, debt The front-runner to become Italy’s next prime minister said she wants to maintain the course set by Mario Draghi on support for Ukraine and avoid adding to domestic debt. Tribune News Service · Sep 4, 2022
No time to waste, worried Italian business leaders warn politicians Italy cannot afford weeks of political inertia after an election this month, business chiefs said, adding that sky-high energy prices are already forcing more and more firms to curtail production. Reuters · Sep 4, 2022
Energy price inflation: how the UK and EU could fight it What can be done about rising prices – and would nationalising gas and electricity firms help? The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022
Tariff shields and turning off lights: how Europe is tackling the energy crisis The scale of the crisis in several European countries, and what governments are doing about it The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022
Europe has little option but to rescue consumers from the energy crisis With no end to Ukraine war in sight and transition away from Russian gas ongoing, scale of support will have to be massive The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2022
Exclusive-Italy's Meloni says public finances will be safe in her hands The Italian rightist alliance's ambitious spending plans will respect European Union budget rules and not blow a hole in the country's finances, the head of the party topping the polls ahead of a national election next month said. Reuters · Aug 25, 2022
Draghi: Italy has stockpiled 80% of natural gas reserves Outgoing Italian Premier Mario Draghi said the country is less vulnerable to interruptions of Russian natural gas supplies because of its moved rapidly to reduce dependence on Moscow The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022
Draghi says Italy must remain at heart of EU, international alliances Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Italy must remain at the heart of the European Union and not isolate itself, in an apparent warning on Wednesday to the centre-right alliance that is expected to win an election next month. Reuters · Aug 24, 2022
Italy's Meloni slams energy policy as campaign heats up Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni has led her first election campaign rally in the Adriactic port city of Ancona The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022
Monday briefing: Italy’s political dysfunction opens the door to a far-right prime minister In today’s newsletter: After the collapse of Mario Draghi’s caretaker government, Giorgia Meloni’s post-fascist Brothers of Italy party look set for power – why? The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2022
Europe on the brink: the states battling to stave off recession War, drought and Covid have blighted prospects not just in Britain but continent-wide. Which countries are most at risk? The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2022
Gina Lollobrigida, icon from Hollywood's Golden Age, to run for Senate in Italy Cinema icon Gina Lollobrigida will compete for a Senate seat in Italy's elections next month. Los Angeles Times · Aug 16, 2022
Far-right Italian leader Meloni rides popular wave in polls Giorgia Meloni is riding a wave of popularity that next month could see her become Italy’s first female prime minister and its first far-right leader since World War II The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022 Giorgia Meloni may be no fascist. But she evokes grim memories of Italy’s past An election win for her Brothers of Italy would be a threat to democracy across Europe
Reuters · Aug 11, 2022 New Italian centrist group aims to fight left and right 'populism' The leaders of a newly-formed Italian centrist group said on Thursday their pact will offer an alternative to "populist" rightist and leftist parties at a national election scheduled next month.
Reuters · Aug 9, 2022 Italy's right heads for ample majority at election, study shows Italy's mainly right-wing bloc is on track to win a broad majority in both houses of parliament at next month's national election, a study showed on Tuesday, benefiting from divisions among its opponents.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022 Election boost for Italy’s far right as centre-left alliance collapses Leader of Azione withdraws support from coalition led by Democratic party less than week after joining forces
Reuters · Aug 6, 2022 Italian centre-left alliance boosted as another group signs up The Italian Green leftist federation on Saturday agreed to join an electoral alliance led by the Democratic Party (PD), in a move seen as strengthening the centre-left ahead of an election next month.
Reuters · Aug 5, 2022 Meloni says would be honour to be Italy's first female PM Italy's far-right leader Giorgia Meloni said it would be a "great honour" if she were the first woman to lead the country, with her Brothers of Italy party topping the polls ahead of an election next month.
Reuters · Aug 4, 2022 Italy finalises justice reform to help unlock EU funding Italy's outgoing government approved on Thursday a decree to reform the country's notoriously slow criminal justice system, according to government officials, paving the way for the finalisation of a broader reform needed to keep European Union funds flowing.
Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2022 Bank of England raises interest rates, predicts long recession Every central banker dreams of their ‘whatever it takes‘ moment, a reference to then ECB President Mario Draghi’s 2012 commitment to preserve the euro.
The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022 Italy's Salvini puts focus on migration ahead of Sept. vote Italy’s former firebrand interior minister, Matteo Salvini, is campaigning to get his old job back
Reuters · Aug 2, 2022 Italy's centre-left sees open electoral race after pact with centrists Italy's Democratic Party (PD) formed an alliance with a smaller centrist group on Tuesday in a move seen as boosting the centre-left's chances of preventing a right-wing triumph in an election next month.
Reuters · Aug 1, 2022 Italy's right-wing frontrunners see room to revamp national Recovery Plan The Brothers of Italy party, in pole position for next month's elections, sees room to revamp parts of an European Union-funded investment programme to help the economy tackle an energy crisis and soaring costs, a party official said on Monday.