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 The head of Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S), which co-governs the country, stepped down as party leader on Wednesday in a move likely to trigger political shockwaves. https://www.thelocal.it/20200122/luigi-di-maio-rumoured-to-quit-as-head-of-italys-five-star-movement Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:25:53 +0100 luigi-di-maio-rumoured-to-quit-as-head-of-italys-five-star-movement Italy's new foreign minister, Five Star Movement chief Luigi Di Maio, is a telegenic young gun who has turned his anti-establishment party into a mainstream political force capable of allying with right and left. https://www.thelocal.it/20190905/luigi-di-maio-from-political-upstart-to-italy-foreign-minister Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:03:28 +0200 luigi-di-maio-from-political-upstart-to-italy-foreign-minister 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 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 Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) voted Thursday to keep leader Luigi Di Maio after the party's flop in European elections. https://www.thelocal.it/20190531/italy-five-star-movement-votes-to-keep-luigi-di-maio-as-leader Fri, 31 May 2019 11:00:32 +0200 italy-five-star-movement-votes-to-keep-luigi-di-maio-as-leader Luigi Di Maio, a key figure in Italy's populist government, has taken aim at the country's newspapers, accusing them of "polluting the debate" and threatening to pull advertising by state-owned companies. https://www.thelocal.it/20180916/italys-deputy-pm-takes-aim-at-newspaper-revenues Sun, 16 Sep 2018 18:38:25 +0200 italys-deputy-pm-takes-aim-at-newspaper-revenues Italy's new prime minister Giuseppe Conte mostly kept quiet on his full first day in office Saturday, while his two powerful deputies took centre stage in setting the tone of the populist government's policy. https://www.thelocal.it/20180603/from-today-the-state-is-us-five-star-leader Sun, 03 Jun 2018 10:45:45 +0200 from-today-the-state-is-us-five-star-leader The stability of the eurozone will be at stake if a populist new government in Italy fails to keep its financial commitments, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire warned on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180520/france-warns-italy-against-breaking-eu-commitments Sun, 20 May 2018 16:42:19 +0200 france-warns-italy-against-breaking-eu-commitments Anti-establishment and far-right parties began haggling over who will be Italy's next prime minister after publishing a joint policy programme on Friday that brought the eurozone's third largest economy a step closer to a populist government. https://www.thelocal.it/20180519/italy-awaits-pm-nominee-after-populists-unveil-government-programme Sat, 19 May 2018 06:15:30 +0200 italy-awaits-pm-nominee-after-populists-unveil-government-programme President Sergio Mattarella announced on Thursday that no solution to Italy's political stalemate had emerged after consultations with the main parties, adding that a fresh push for a deal would begin next week. https://www.thelocal.it/20180406/italy-government-talks-fail-to-break-deadlock Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:45:40 +0200 italy-government-talks-fail-to-break-deadlock Job centres in the south of Italy say they have received several inquiries about applying for a universal basic income, one of the signature campaign pledges of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S), despite the fact that the party is not in government. https://www.thelocal.it/20180309/five-star-movement-universal-basic-income-italy-election Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:53:23 +0100 five-star-movement-universal-basic-income-italy-election Sicilians cast their ballots Sunday in a regional vote seen as a barometer for Italy's general election next year, with the populist Five Star Movement (M5S) challenging a resurgent right as a divided left flounders. https://www.thelocal.it/20171105/italy-eyes-populist-party-peformance-in-sicily-vote Sun, 05 Nov 2017 17:58:05 +0100 italy-eyes-populist-party-peformance-in-sicily-vote The Five Star Movement - Italy's anti-establishment movement and the most popular opposition party in the country according to polls - have grabbed plenty of headlines. But what do you need to know about them? James Newall, a politics professor at the UK's Salford University, explains. https://www.thelocal.it/20161202/what-is-italys-five-star-movement Fri, 02 Dec 2016 11:04:53 +0100 what-is-italys-five-star-movement One of the frontrunners to be Rome's next mayor said on Tuesday the city is far from being able to host the Olympics, two months after the Eternal City was short-listed for the 2024 Games. https://www.thelocal.it/20160420/rome-mayor-hopeful-says-city-not-fit-for-hosting-olympics Wed, 20 Apr 2016 10:29:16 +0200 rome-mayor-hopeful-says-city-not-fit-for-hosting-olympics Politicians from the Five Star Movement are giving €10 million of their salaries and unspent allowances to Italian business owners and entrepreneurs, the party announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150305/m5s-politicians-in-10m-salary-gift-to-italians Thu, 05 Mar 2015 12:47:00 +0100 m5s-politicians-in-10m-salary-gift-to-italians The campaign by Italy’s Five Star Movement to exit the euro currency gathered pace on Thursday, with leader Beppe Grillo announcing the party has so far gathered 50,000 signatures calling for a referendum. https://www.thelocal.it/20141218/grillos-anti-euro-campaign-gathers-pace Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:55:00 +0100 grillos-anti-euro-campaign-gathers-pace Quarantining migrants infected with tuberculosis "make no sense", a director from the World Health Organization told The Local on Wednesday, after Five Star Movement leader Beppe Grillo called for strong action to stop the disease spreading in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20140903/grillo-warns-of-tb-return-with-migrants Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:16:00 +0200 grillo-warns-of-tb-return-with-migrants Beppe Grillo, the leader of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, has advised the European Union to stop giving money to Italy because it only "ends up with the mafia". https://www.thelocal.it/20140702/eu-money-ends-up-with-the-mafia-grillo Wed, 02 Jul 2014 10:39:00 +0200 eu-money-ends-up-with-the-mafia-grillo Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party (Ukip) and his recently acquainted Italian ally, Beppe Grillo, have formed a new group in the European Parliament aimed at “restoring freedom and national democracy”. https://www.thelocal.it/20140619/well-work-to-restore-freedom-across-europe Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:15:00 +0200 well-work-to-restore-freedom-across-europe The strong anti-establishment stance of Beppe Grillo, the leader of the Five Star Movement (M5S), softened over the weekend as the comedian announced he is willing to hold talks with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. https://www.thelocal.it/20140616/rebel-leader-ready-to-talk-to-establishment Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:00:00 +0200 rebel-leader-ready-to-talk-to-establishment