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 Matteo Salvini's anti-immigration League, which triumphed at the European elections in Italy, did particularly well in centres seen as migrant 'hot spots', including a town held up as a model of integration. https://www.thelocal.it/20190527/matteo-salvini-league-italy-eu-election-migrants-lampedusa-riace-ventimiglia Mon, 27 May 2019 14:52:16 +0200 matteo-salvini-league-italy-eu-election-migrants-lampedusa-riace-ventimiglia The populist League party led by Matteo Salvini performed even better than expected in the European elections, winning more than 34 percent. https://www.thelocal.it/20190527/italy-european-election-resullts Mon, 27 May 2019 08:55:37 +0200 italy-european-election-resullts President Sergio Mattarella will try once again on Monday to broker an agreement to form a viable government two months after Italy's inconclusive elections, following threats to name a team of technocrats instead. https://www.thelocal.it/20180507/italy-set-for-caretaker-government-if-last-ditch-talks-fail Mon, 07 May 2018 11:07:11 +0200 italy-set-for-caretaker-government-if-last-ditch-talks-fail Italy's president has given the speaker of the senate until Friday to attempt to broker a deal between the centre-right and anti-establishment Five Star Movement, after two rounds of coalition talks failed. https://www.thelocal.it/20180418/speaker-of-italian-senate-centre-right-five-star-movement Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:40:52 +0200 speaker-of-italian-senate-centre-right-five-star-movement On the eve of a second round of coalition talks, the leaders of Italy's two driving political parties said they would work towards establishing a functioning government as soon as possible. https://www.thelocal.it/20180411/italy-league-five-star-movement-agree-working-parliament Wed, 11 Apr 2018 20:57:22 +0200 italy-league-five-star-movement-agree-working-parliament