Napolitano agreed to stand again in 2013, another period of economic and political crisis for Italy, in order to guarantee continuity. He resigned in 2015. Any Italian citizen aged over 50 can stand, ...

Italy’s populists are blocked as ‘political referee’ waves the red card ... (2.1 trillion euros and rising), an inflexible labor market and dysfunctional political system.

Italy needs to rectify its malfunctioning political system if its economy is to get back on track, and so Matteo Renzi’s reforms must not be blocked Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi. The leader is ...

Read this Wall Street Journal report on Italian attempts to build a coalition government because it makes American politics look functional by comparison: Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi ...

Italy managed to quickly secure commitments for broader burden sharing across the 27-member alliance. Other European politicians are closely following how such a scorched Earth approach rewards Rome.

Because of the mixed electoral system, two-thirds of Italian parliamentarians (62.5%, or 245 MPs and 122 senators) will be elected on Sunday by party-list proportional representation, while the ...

Italy votes Sunday on changing its political system. Here are 3 lessons from Greece. November 30, 2016 More than ... So which electoral system is more conducive to this goal?

On September 25, Italians elected deputies to the two branches of the legislature. The elections ended with the victory of the Right over the Left and the affirmation of the Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) ...

Italy’s convoluted political crisis has finally reached an endpoint. On June 1, the country has a new government supported by the Five Star Movement and the Lega, and led by a “neutral ...

Corruption in Italy is a well-established fact. Combined pressure from internal and external sources might perhaps be able to achieve what the Italian political system seems incapable of: a shift ...