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) ...

We have a detailed explanation of how the system works (and why it leads to regular government implosions) here. But the most important thing to know is that, after a major political shake-up in the ...

Under Italy’s present political system, which was created after the monarchy was replaced by a Republic after World War II, ... Meloni is upsetting Italy’s political apple cart. But a nation that has ...

ROME — Italy’s president on Thursday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, dissolved Parliament and called for new elections, bringing to a close an exceptional period of ...

MILAN — Italy’s political, business and soccer elite bade farewell to former Premier Silvio Berlusconi with a state funeral inside Milan’s imposing Duomo cathedral on Wednesday, while ...

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 ...

“Sometimes also central bankers have a heart”: That’s how a sentimental Mario Draghi greeted Italy's parliament moments before stepping down as prime minister. It's a scene that definitely embodies ...

ROME — Italy’s political convulsions have raised new fears about the future of the euro, the single currency of the European Union that was introduced 16 years ago.

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Whatever the quirks of Italian political culture and the Italian criminal justice system that prolonged the Berlusconi saga, America’s potential for chaos may be greater still. Alexander Stille ...

MILAN — Italy’s political, business and soccer elite bade farewell to former Premier Silvio Berlusconi with a state funeral inside Milan’s imposing Duomo cathedral on Wednesday, while ...