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 Pope Francis was urged by a prominent church reform group on Monday to oust the head of a powerful Vatican department after accusations that senior officials blocked reforms approved by the pontiff to curb sex abuse. https://www.thelocal.it/20170307/pope-asked-to-oust-top-cardinal-over-sex-abuse-row Tue, 07 Mar 2017 09:59:39 +0100 pope-asked-to-oust-top-cardinal-over-sex-abuse-row The International Monetary Fund on Thursday called on Italy to persist in making economic reforms despite Sunday's failure of a government-backed referendum. https://www.thelocal.it/20161209/imf-tells-italy-to-push-on-with-economic-reform Fri, 09 Dec 2016 09:51:02 +0100 imf-tells-italy-to-push-on-with-economic-reform The way Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi tells it, there is no economic case for him to quit, as he has vowed to do if he loses Sunday's referendum on constitutional reform. https://www.thelocal.it/20161201/how-economic-growth-woes-will-shape-italys-referendum Thu, 01 Dec 2016 10:14:38 +0100 how-economic-growth-woes-will-shape-italys-referendum Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Sunday described next month's constitutional referendum as a battle between "nostalgia and the future". https://www.thelocal.it/20161107/italy-referendum-is-a-choice-between-nostalgia-and-the-future Mon, 07 Nov 2016 11:31:25 +0100 italy-referendum-is-a-choice-between-nostalgia-and-the-future The Italian government on Monday set the date of December 4th for a referendum on constitutional reform that analysts say may determine Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's political fate. https://www.thelocal.it/20160927/italys-crunch-constitutional-referendum-set-for-december-4th Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:44:57 +0200 italys-crunch-constitutional-referendum-set-for-december-4th Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has pledged general elections in 2018 regardless of the outcome of the upcoming referendum on constitutional reform. https://www.thelocal.it/20160822/renzi-vows-2018-elections-regardless-of-vote-outcome Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:32:12 +0200 renzi-vows-2018-elections-regardless-of-vote-outcome By the end of the year, Italy will face a day of reckoning - and it could be voters who seal the country's fate. https://www.thelocal.it/20160819/why-discontented-italians-could-derail-their-economy Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:38:07 +0200 why-discontented-italians-could-derail-their-economy Prime Minister Matteo Renzi now has 60 days to set a date for a public vote on constitutional reform after it was given the go-ahead by the Court of Cassation on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160808/italys-top-court-approves-public-vote-on-political-revamp Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:29:29 +0200 italys-top-court-approves-public-vote-on-political-revamp Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is convinced his government will win an upcoming referendum on constitutional reform, the outcome of which could have a more destabilizing impact on Europe than Brexit if it doesn’t go his way, experts say. https://www.thelocal.it/20160803/renzi-vows-to-win-vote-on-which-he-staked-his-leadership-italian-prime-minister-referendum Wed, 03 Aug 2016 11:57:42 +0200 renzi-vows-to-win-vote-on-which-he-staked-his-leadership-italian-prime-minister-referendum Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said Friday the European Union is like a house in need of renovation, adding his voice to calls for change in the wake of Britain's vote to leave. https://www.thelocal.it/20160624/europe-needs-renovating-after-brexit-renzi Fri, 24 Jun 2016 15:45:34 +0200 europe-needs-renovating-after-brexit-renzi Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was poised for a historic victory on Tuesday as the Senate votes to relinquish most of its power in a revolutionary move to end decades of political instability. https://www.thelocal.it/20151013/italy-senate-to-vote-on-own-demise-in-coup-for-renzi Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:38:36 +0200 italy-senate-to-vote-on-own-demise-in-coup-for-renzi The head of Italy's Senate on Tuesday rejected the more than 70 million computer-generated amendments submitted by the anti-immigrant Northern League to a government-sponsored constitutional reform bill. https://www.thelocal.it/20150929/italy-senate-rejects-millions-of-proposed-changes-to-reform-bill Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:57:16 +0200 italy-senate-rejects-millions-of-proposed-changes-to-reform-bill Italy's far-right, anti-euro Northern League party on Wednesday submitted more than 82 million computer-generated amendments to a draft constitutional reform in a bid to trump the bill. https://www.thelocal.it/20150923/82-million-amendments-stall-renzis-reform Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:44:56 +0200 82-million-amendments-stall-renzis-reform Italy’s education system is set for a major overhaul after premier Matteo Renzi’s controversial school reforms package won final approval on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150710/italy-approves-school-reforms-amid-protest Fri, 10 Jul 2015 11:05:26 +0200 italy-approves-school-reforms-amid-protest Students marched across Italy on Thursday to protest a controversial school reform bill known as "Buona Scuola" (Good School) that is set to be approved by the government later in the day. https://www.thelocal.it/20150312/italian-students-protest-education-reforms Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:43:01 +0100 italian-students-protest-education-reforms Prime Minister Matteo Renzi hit back at unionists on Thursday over a planned general strike, arguing that controversial government reforms would create much-needed jobs after years of "lost opportunity". https://www.thelocal.it/20141120/i-want-to-get-italians-into-work-renzi Thu, 20 Nov 2014 11:25:00 +0100 i-want-to-get-italians-into-work-renzi Deep divisions within the European Union over the rules governing the euro will be aired once more at an emergency jobs summit here on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141008/italy-uses-eu-summit-to-showcase-jobs-plan Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:49:25 +0200 italy-uses-eu-summit-to-showcase-jobs-plan Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s controversial labour reforms will be painful in the short-term but will eventually boost jobs, especially for young people in Italy, an economist told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140930/italys-labour-reforms-will-boost-youth-employment Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:42:00 +0200 italys-labour-reforms-will-boost-youth-employment The Italian Senate passed the first reading of an important constitutional reform bill on Friday which would see its powers substantially reduced. https://www.thelocal.it/20140808/italy-passes-first-test-on-senate-revamp Fri, 08 Aug 2014 20:31:00 +0200 italy-passes-first-test-on-senate-revamp The Italian government has given MPs two week to agree on reforms to Italy's Senate, raising the stakes in the row over Italy's dysfunctional political institutions. A victory for PM Matteo Renzi could help him win the next election, one expert tells The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140725/government-lays-bear-trap-for-senate-reform Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:41:00 +0200 government-lays-bear-trap-for-senate-reform