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 EU ministers fail to reach refugee quotas deal EU interior ministers failed to reach unanimous agreement on Monday on a plan for binding quotas to relocate 120,000 refugees and take the strain off Greece, Italy, and Hungary, officials said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150915/eu-ministers-fail-to-reach-refugee-quotas-deal Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:26:30 +0200 eu-ministers-fail-to-reach-refugee-quotas-deal Italy rejects quotas for women politicians Italy's parliament on Monday night voted against introducing quotas for the number of female MPs, an amendment put forward as part of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's hotly-contested electoral reform. https://www.thelocal.it/20140311/italy-rejects-quotas-for-women-politicians Tue, 11 Mar 2014 15:40:00 +0100 italy-rejects-quotas-for-women-politicians