Matteo Renzi has his back to the wall. If he doesn’t make a deal with Tsipras in Europe there will be open revolt within his party
The recent resignation of a senator and a deputy from the Five Star Movement highlights the party's increasing descent into the very politics it criticises.
The Italian Senate passed the Jobs Act earlier this month with much opposition from unions. But will the reform of the labour market have any effect, or do the problems with Italy's economy lie elsewhere?
Beppe Grillo doesn’t suffer fools gladly – why did he ally with UKIP then?
The Italian minister publicly claimed she would personally get rid of the country’s self-governing regions – an ill-informed, controversy-stirring populist claim.
Last week the Italian precariat took a step beyond primitive rebellion and began to constitute itself as a politics. As its arguments take shape those involved must work to engage with communities outside of the activist world.
Matteo Renzi provokes the ire of Brussels as Jean-Claude Juncker takes up his new post as the President of the European Commission, providing a welcome distraction from civil unrest at home.
The arrival of the migrants created conflict between Italy and France – with both Nicolas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi facing an election year – and quickly escalated into threatening the Schengen Agreement.
What would the outstanding, well-travelled, Italian reporter tell us about the state of democracy today?
Two abandoned schools in a Sicilian port town raise uncomfortable truths around how Europe is treating its ‘native’ and ‘migrant’ children.
Renzi’s Jobs Act, a package of policies designed to instill greater flexibility in the Italian labour market, is based on shaky economic foundations and could even lead to further economic decline.
We meet the young people drawn to the Sicilian capital by its anarchic appeal and opportunities for a new politics.
