The Local Italy https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed It's official: Italy's new government gets final green light from senate Italy's new government won a confidence vote in the upper house of parliament on Tuesday, the last hurdle to overcome before the pro-European executive could get down to work. https://www.thelocal.it/20190911/italy-new-government-gets-final-green-light-from-senate Wed, 11 Sep 2019 11:36:58 +0200 italy-new-government-gets-final-green-light-from-senate Here are the main things Italy's prime minister says his government will do Immigration, the budget, relations with the EU: here are the most important promises that Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte made when introducing his new government to parliament. https://www.thelocal.it/20190909/here-are-the-main-things-italy-prime-minister-says-his-government-will-do Mon, 09 Sep 2019 20:13:25 +0200 here-are-the-main-things-italy-prime-minister-says-his-government-will-do Italy's new government faces first confidence vote amid protests Italy's new pro-Europe government faced a confidence vote in the lower house of parliament on Monday, as protesters from the hard-right opposition rallied in Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20190909/italy-new-government-faces-first-confidence-vote Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:40:33 +0200 italy-new-government-faces-first-confidence-vote Italy swears in its new pro-European coalition government President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday swore in Italy's new pro-European government, heralding a fresh start for the eurozone's third-largest economy as the right-wing falls from power. https://www.thelocal.it/20190905/italy-swears-in-its-new-coalition-government Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:10:19 +0200 italy-swears-in-its-new-coalition-government Who is Roberto Gualtieri, the Brussels insider in charge of Italy's precarious economy? Italy's incoming finance minister Roberto Gualtieri is a talented economist with years of experience in Brussels who is known for playing the guitar – and defending Rome's interests. https://www.thelocal.it/20190905/who-is-roberto-gualtieri-italy-new-finance-minister Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:14:33 +0200 who-is-roberto-gualtieri-italy-new-finance-minister Here is Italy's new cabinet in full Italy's new government, a coalition between the populist Five Star Movement and the centre-left Democratic Party, was sworn in on Thursday morning. Here's who took the top jobs. https://www.thelocal.it/20190904/here-is-italy-new-cabinet-in-full Wed, 04 Sep 2019 18:28:04 +0200 here-is-italy-new-cabinet-in-full Italy's new coalition government to be sworn in on Thursday Italy's new coalition government will be sworn in on Thursday, drawing a line under a crisis sparked by the right with a more moderate and pro-European line-up. https://www.thelocal.it/20190904/giuseppe-conte-to-present-italy-new-cabinet Wed, 04 Sep 2019 15:49:33 +0200 giuseppe-conte-to-present-italy-new-cabinet Giuseppe Conte promises to unveil Italy's new cabinet by Wednesday Italy's premier-designate Giuseppe Conte said on Sunday he intended to present his new coalition cabinet by Wednesday at the latest, as he races to resolve the political crisis in the eurozone's third largest economy. https://www.thelocal.it/20190902/giuseppe-conte-to-unveil-italy-new-cabinet-by-wednesday Mon, 02 Sep 2019 11:53:04 +0200 giuseppe-conte-to-unveil-italy-new-cabinet-by-wednesday Italian PM threatens to quit unless coalition stops bickering Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Monday he was ready to resign unless the two parties in the governing populist coalition -- the League and the Five Star Movement -- stopped squabbling. https://www.thelocal.it/20190604/italian-pm-threatens-to-resign-unless-coalition-stops-squabbling Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:06:14 +0200 italian-pm-threatens-to-resign-unless-coalition-stops-squabbling Italy's coalition government is one year old, but how much longer can it survive? Matteo Salvini's hard-right League is flourishing one year after Italy's populist coalition came to power, but the government remains riven by infighting and the economy is in the doldrums. https://www.thelocal.it/20190531/italy-coalition-government-is-one-year-old-but-how-much-longer-can-it-survive Fri, 31 May 2019 18:58:16 +0200 italy-coalition-government-is-one-year-old-but-how-much-longer-can-it-survive ANALYSIS: How Matteo Salvini dominated the Italian government's first 100 days Italy's anti-immigration Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has managed to dominate almost the entire first 100 days of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's government, which are marked on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180907/analysis-how-matteo-salvini-dominated-the-first-100-days-of-italys-government Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:39:35 +0200 analysis-how-matteo-salvini-dominated-the-first-100-days-of-italys-government