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 Italy joins Europe's big league, but is it primed to fail? With Britain soon out of the way, Italy is looking like a bigger European player. But will Europe's daunting problems overwhelm the 'big three'? Angela Giuffrida reports. https://www.thelocal.it/20160901/eu-italy-big-league-germany-france-brexit Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:19:17 +0200 eu-italy-big-league-germany-france-brexit British business owners in Italy feel Brexit jitters It’s been three days since Britain voted to leave the European Union, and the shock of the outcome, along with the calamity that’s followed, is yet to subside among Britons living in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160627/british-business-owners-in-italy-feel-brexit-jitters Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:56:57 +0200 british-business-owners-in-italy-feel-brexit-jitters Italy packed with lawyers, but justice slow Should you ever need a lawyer in Italy, you’ll have little problem finding one. With 375 per 100,000 people, the country ranks joint second with Greece in a list of EU states with the most lawyers published on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150310/italy-packed-with-lawyers-but-justice-slow Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:03:27 +0100 italy-packed-with-lawyers-but-justice-slow Most Italians unhappy with EU leadership More than half the number of Italians polled about the European Union said they disapproved of the job performance of those leading the economic bloc. https://www.thelocal.it/20150303/most-italians-unhappy-with-eu-leadership Tue, 03 Mar 2015 12:18:00 +0100 most-italians-unhappy-with-eu-leadership Italians losing trust in the European Union Only 27.4 percent of Italians trust the European Union – the lowest level among six EU countries polled by Demos, a Vicenza-based think-tank, and published in La Repubblica on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150223/italians-losing-trust-in-the-european-union Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:13:00 +0100 italians-losing-trust-in-the-european-union EU offers debt-hit Italy budget flexibility The EU signalled on Tuesday it would show leniency to overspending member states including Italy and France that are nearing an already extended deadline to get their budgets in line with Brussels rules. https://www.thelocal.it/20150114/eu-offers-debt-hit-italy-budget-flexibility Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:25:00 +0100 eu-offers-debt-hit-italy-budget-flexibility Tens of thousands in Renzi Rome protest Tens of thousands of Italians took to the streets of Rome Saturday for a demo organised by Italy's largest trade union to protest Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's plans to overhaul the labour market. https://www.thelocal.it/20141025/tens-of-thousands-in-renzi-rome-protest Sat, 25 Oct 2014 13:18:00 +0200 tens-of-thousands-in-renzi-rome-protest Up to a million to march for jobs creation in Rome Up to a million protesters will descend on Rome on Saturday to call for job creation and greater investment in the economy, the secretary general of union CGIL said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20141020/up-to-a-million-to-march-for-job-creation-in-rome Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:00:00 +0200 up-to-a-million-to-march-for-job-creation-in-rome