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 Former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi protested his innocence on Thursday as he faces trial over the alleged illegal financing of his meteoric rise to power. https://www.thelocal.it/20220210/italian-ex-pm-renzi-to-face-trial-over-political-funding Thu, 10 Feb 2022 14:12:01 +0100 italian-ex-pm-renzi-to-face-trial-over-political-funding Italy's president is expected on Wednesday to ask former head of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi to take over as prime minister following the collapse of the government. https://www.thelocal.it/20210202/latest-italian-president-calls-in-mario-draghi-after-parties-fail-to-agree-on-new-government Tue, 02 Feb 2021 22:32:46 +0100 latest-italian-president-calls-in-mario-draghi-after-parties-fail-to-agree-on-new-government The decision to freeze arms sales permanently came in the wake of controversy over former premier Matteo Renzi's video appearance with Saudi prince. https://www.thelocal.it/20210129/italy-stops-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-permanently Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:04:04 +0100 italy-stops-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-permanently Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced his resignation on Tuesday, in what media reports said was an attempt to build a new government after weeks of political turmoil. https://www.thelocal.it/20210125/italan-pm-conte-set-to-resign-in-hopes-of-forming-new-government-reports Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:49:15 +0100 italan-pm-conte-set-to-resign-in-hopes-of-forming-new-government-reports Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's government has survived a political crisis this week, yet it remains in a perilous position. Here's what may happen next. https://www.thelocal.it/20210120/analysis-italys-government-survives-but-for-how-long Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:00:25 +0100 analysis-italys-government-survives-but-for-how-long Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Tuesday won a second confidence vote in the Senate, halting a bigger political crisis - but the government's future remains uncertain. https://www.thelocal.it/20210119/latest-italian-pm-conte-survives-senate-vote-on-governments-future Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:04:50 +0100 latest-italian-pm-conte-survives-senate-vote-on-governments-future Former prime minister Matteo Renzi has reclaimed the spotlight with a manoeuvre that risks toppling the government - and leaving him more unpopular than before. https://www.thelocal.it/20210119/profile-who-is-matteo-renzi-the-wrecker-of-italian-politics Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:45:01 +0100 profile-who-is-matteo-renzi-the-wrecker-of-italian-politics It's make-or-break time this week for Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, as he aims to halt a crisis that could bring down his government. https://www.thelocal.it/20210118/political-crisis-italian-pm-conte-makes-last-ditch-bid-to-save-government Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:34:17 +0100 political-crisis-italian-pm-conte-makes-last-ditch-bid-to-save-government As Italy's latest political crisis threatens to destabilise the government in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, here's a look at why this is happening and the likely outcome. https://www.thelocal.it/20210113/italys-political-crisis-why-now-and-what-happens-next Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:17:37 +0100 italys-political-crisis-why-now-and-what-happens-next Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's government was plunged into crisis on Wednesday after the Italia Viva party pulled out of the ruling coalition. https://www.thelocal.it/20210113/italian-ministers-quit-sparking-government-crisis Wed, 13 Jan 2021 20:05:41 +0100 italian-ministers-quit-sparking-government-crisis With former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi threatening to bring down the coalition government, does a snap election in 2021 really look likely? https://www.thelocal.it/20210105/early-elections-or-waste-of-time-heres-what-italys-latest-political-crisis-means Tue, 05 Jan 2021 14:26:41 +0100 early-elections-or-waste-of-time-heres-what-italys-latest-political-crisis-means Former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi announced on Tuesday that he was leaving the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) to form his own party, potentially destabilizing the days-old ruling coalition. https://www.thelocal.it/20190917/italy-ex-pm-matteo-renzi-quits-democratic-party-to-form-new-movement Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:29:59 +0200 italy-ex-pm-matteo-renzi-quits-democratic-party-to-form-new-movement The parents of Italy's former prime minister Matteo Renzi were placed under house arrest on Monday amid an investigation into suspected fraudulent bankruptcy. https://www.thelocal.it/20190219/parents-of-italian-ex-pm-renzi-under-house-arrest-in-fraud Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:40:37 +0100 parents-of-italian-ex-pm-renzi-under-house-arrest-in-fraud Tens of thousands of Italians rallied in Rome on Sunday for the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) as it seeks to rebound from a shock defeat to a populist coalition in June. https://www.thelocal.it/20181001/italy-democratic-party-tries-to-bounce-back Mon, 01 Oct 2018 11:01:00 +0200 italy-democratic-party-tries-to-bounce-back The outgoing leader of Italy's vanquished centre-left Democratic Party (PD), Matteo Renzi, on Monday again ruled out joining forces with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement that came first in the country's general election. https://www.thelocal.it/20180312/matteo-renzi-democratic-party-five-star-movement-coalition Mon, 12 Mar 2018 15:40:33 +0100 matteo-renzi-democratic-party-five-star-movement-coalition Former Italian prime minster Matteo Renzi was once the darling of Italian politics but on Monday announced his resignation as head of the ruling centre-left Democratic Party after an embarrassingly low result in Sunday's election. https://www.thelocal.it/20180301/who-is-matteo-renzi-italian-election-democratic-party Thu, 01 Mar 2018 09:53:57 +0100 who-is-matteo-renzi-italian-election-democratic-party Former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi, the head of the ruling Democratic Party, on Friday said Italy should allow only a "fixed number" of migrants into the country as it grapples with a wave of people arriving by sea from North Africa. https://www.thelocal.it/20170707/ex-pm-matteo-renzi-says-italy-should-only-take-in-a-fixed-number-of-migrants Fri, 07 Jul 2017 19:01:15 +0200 ex-pm-matteo-renzi-says-italy-should-only-take-in-a-fixed-number-of-migrants A deal on a new Italian electoral law unravelled on Thursday as a pact between the country's four major parties broke down. https://www.thelocal.it/20170609/renzi-admits-major-failure-over-breakdown-on-electoral-law-pact Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:49:59 +0200 renzi-admits-major-failure-over-breakdown-on-electoral-law-pact As Europe woke up to the news that the UK's snap election had led to a hung parliament, Italian politicians and members of the public had been watching the vote closely. https://www.thelocal.it/20170609/how-italy-reacted-to-uk-election-shock Fri, 09 Jun 2017 11:12:15 +0200 how-italy-reacted-to-uk-election-shock After three of Italy's major political parties reached an agreement on the country's electoral law, some of the smaller parties have criticized guidelines aimed at limiting fragmentation in the government. https://www.thelocal.it/20170601/matteo-renzi-italys-political-parties-parliament-angelino-alfano-electoral-law Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:22:36 +0200 matteo-renzi-italys-political-parties-parliament-angelino-alfano-electoral-law