italianpolitics
Every 15 August, the entire country of Italy seems to be on a break. Across the Mediterranean country, shutters on stores, bars, and restaurants are padlocked and adorned with the orange “closed for holiday” signs. In all neighbourhoods except the ones popular with tourists, you can encounter nothing but the proverbial tumbleweeds. It’s Ferragosto, the hallowed holiday Italians will readily say recalls Roman times — a celebration emperor Augustus bestowed on his people, including slaves, as a reward for a season of hard work in the fields. In Italy today, celebrating Ferragosto by spending the...
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It will not be an August of holidays and relaxation for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. By 30 August the Italian prime minister must submit nominations to the European Commission for the European executive: a crucial appointment for Meloni. For months she has been aiming for a position of weight for Italy, preferably an economic portfolio, but the match is not a foregone conclusion since her influence and that of her European Conservatives and Reformists group has been reduced in Brussels. Before that decision, theoretically by 9 August, when parliamentary work closes for the summer holidays, t...
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German airline Lufthansa has secured EU approval to buy a 41% stake in Italy's state-owned ITA Airways. The €325 million deal will allow Lufthansa to scale up its services in Italy, one of Europe's largest travel markets. If ITA's financial performance improves, Lufthansa has an option to secure full ownership. The Commission's verdict, namely that the merger does not threaten fair competition, puts an end to months of uncertainty surrounding the deal. "At a time when consumers are facing increasingly higher prices for air travel, it is very important to preserve competition in the sector," sa...
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Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck frolicked around Rome in it. Pope Francis chose it over a bulletproof limousine. Italian PM Giorgia Meloni enjoyed a ride in it at the G7 in Puglia just last week. Now, the iconic Fiat 500 is being used to make a point. In its latest video advertisement, Stellantis — a Netherlands-based Franco-Italian multinational that designs and manufactures cars under 14 brands, including all of Fiat’s models — showed the ever-popular Cinquecento stripped of all logos. “If this car had no logo, if it had no name, if it had no flag, if it had nothing to say what it is, or whe...
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“Enough with divisions!”, Elly Schlein, leader of Italy's Democratic Party told the crowd as she took to the stage on Tuesday in central Rome. The protest was organised by opposition parties against Meloni's ambitious new government reforms. What started as a one-off protest might however define a new political strategy against Meloni’s government. Meloni's right-wing coalition has pushed through two key reforms that, if passed, represent an ambitious overhaul of the Italian constitution. One is the direct election of the Italian prime minister - an ambitious project that has only ever been te...
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has crafted a charismatic persona for herself since taking office. Since October 2022, the leader of the far-right Fratelli d'Italia party has become internationally known for her exuberant manner when greeting foreign counterparts, encouraging them to pose for selfies with her at what are normally stiff and staid multilateral events. It’s a persona that has helped soften her reputation as a hardline right-winger, at least on the international stage. But as Italy’s turn came to host the annual G7 summit this week, an array of problems sprung up to embarras...
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For many years, Italian General Roberto Vannacci was a complete unknown despite his illustrious military credentials. If anything, the Spezia-born paratrooper was only familiar to those in the army. His participation in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and interventions against the so-called Islamic State group made him a war hero among his peers. Today, he is the lead candidate in the European elections for Matteo Salvini’s far-right Lega party and will almost certainly go to Brussels. “I will be an independent candidate who has his own identity and who will fight, with courage, to affirm my own ...
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