Ruocco also distances herself from Beppe Grillo and approaches Meloni: the crazy "one is worth one" rule has finally become a heresy, but a little too late
Even if instrumentally and belatedly disowned by Beppe Grillo, the season of Vaffa alla casta has produced impressive failures in the decision-making centers of the country which Giuseppe De Rita lucidly highlights - Today rebuilding a culture of government is...
Beppe Grillo's antics hosted by Fabio Fazio on Nove was an example of the worst that TV can offer when it only chases the audience without any regard for the quality of the programs
The protest is expanding in view of the Green Pass Day on Friday 15 October - Surprisingly, Beppe Grillo joined Salvini and Meloni in calling for free tampons (at the expense of the state) for those who have not…
The former premier rejects Beppe Grillo's claims to remain the dominus of the Five Stars but does not completely close the door to possible mediations - "I don't have a plan B and I don't work against Draghi"
It is not an avalanche result but it is a clear victory that of the Yes to the Draghi Government in the Five Star referendum which kept politics in suspense throughout the day and which now smooths the…
Salvini's full willingness to let the League enter the Draghi government without placing conditions - Ditto for Grillo and the Five Stars: "We're coming too", but better if without the League - The Pd's embarrassment for entry…
A recent book by the constitutionalist Francesco Pallante brings the comparison between representative democracy and direct democracy back into the spotlight, tipping the balance in favor of the former
Tuesday's grillina consultation on the Rousseau platform remains the greatest unknown factor on the government - The Democratic Party proposes to give up the vice-presidencies but Di Maio won't give up - How will it end?
Grillo, his followers dismiss the Northern League leader with fiery words and question the feasibility of a government with the Democratic Party in view of tomorrow's debate in the Senate on the political crisis
It is not surprising that the beast of anti-Semitism has awakened precisely in the parties of the so-called "change" as revealed by Jacopo Iacoboni's book "The execution - 5 Stars from movement to government".
The law provides that the President of Consob, in addition to being competent, is a person of "undisputed independence" but, in addition to other defects, this is not the case of Marcello Minenna, former councilor for the budget of the 5 Star Council of Rome and…
Grillo has created his own blog separate from that of the Five Stars to mark his distance even if Di Maio assures that "it is not a parricide" but the tear is strong - Salvini on the other hand is furious with Berlusconi on the roof ...
In Cernobbio Luigi Di Maio surprisingly argued that the model of M5S is Rajoy's rigorist and pro-European Spain, but perhaps he is unaware that the government in Madrid has carried out a profound recovery with sharp cuts in health care, education,…
The Speaker of the Chamber Laura Boldrini declares an income more than twice as low as that of her counterpart in the Senate Pietro Grasso - Beppe Grillo's declaration according to which the income of the former comedian from Genoa is…
The choice of a man of culture like Luca Bergamo to become deputy mayor of Rome in the Giunta Raggi is an unacceptable mistake that makes us reflect on the underestimation of the anti-democratic drift to which the populism of Beppe Grillo and…
Beppe Grillo is furious with Mayor Raggi over the scandal in Rome that exploded with Marra's arrest for corruption and is considering suspending her or removing her M5S symbol - Even the majority of Grillini councilors are against Raggi...
After an "aberrant" electoral campaign, it is to be hoped that on Sunday the majority of Italians will not follow Beppe Grillo's invitation to "choose between YES and No with your belly" - The opposition's anxiety for revenge has overshadowed The…
The scandal of the fake grillini signatures in Sicily is spreading: for the 2012 municipal elections, even those of the 2011 referendum would have been cloned
In the South a colorful political front - from D'Alema to De Mita and Formica and from Emiliano to De Magistris and Beppe Grillo - pushes the NO to the referendum but, even more than the rejection of the constitutional reform, seems to express…
The doubts of the Roman prosecutors on the fact that the councilor for the environment, Paola Muraro, has favored the ras of the landfills Manlio Cerroni increase the grillino malaise and strengthen the resignation front - Test by fire in the Capitol hall on Wednesday.
After the sensational result of the British referendum, the guru of the M5S did not follow the jubilant demonstrations of the nationalist Farage, his ally in Strasbourg, and maintained that his movement does not want to leave Europe but to change it internally…
Grillino mayor with limited sovereignty - In an interview with Espresso, the candidate for mayor of Rome declares that, if she were entered in the register of suspects, "if Beppe Grillo asked me, I would resign" - Then Raggi adds that she has …
"Transparency is the first duty of the administrators and spokespersons of the 5 Star Movement", with these words Beppe Grillo announced the suspension of the mayor of Parma Federico Pizzarotti following the accusation of abuse of office for the appointments of the…
The mayor of Quarto, overwhelmed by the Camorra pressure on the elections, was expelled from the Movement. This was announced by Beppe Grillo's blog. Silence instead on the fact that Luigi Di Maio, at the M5S summit, was aware of…
In the 32nd vote, Parliament finally elects the new constitutional judges (Brabera, Prosperetti and Modugno) thanks to Renzi's wing shot who takes advantage of Brunetta's own goal, unloads Forza Italia and allies with the 5 Star Movement.
Salvini, Berlusconi, Grillo and the left Pd scream about the so-called betrayed savings of the four banks in crisis but pretend to forget that they quietly voted in favor or did not oppose in the European Parliament the directive introducing the bail-in and…
Beppe Grillo, as a consummate comedian, never ceases to amaze: after having thundered for a long time against electoral reform as a tool of the regime, he now reverses his positions and defends Italicum to the sword, considered a bulwark of democracy -…
The tests of anti-system and anti-Renzi convergence between Grillo and Salvini have been underway for some time but it is increasingly clear that the common ground between the two populisms will be immigration - Yesterday the Northern League secretary replied to…
The Parliamentary Supervisory Commission indicates the first 7 new members of the Rai Board of Directors: many journalists, a few managers and for the first time even Beppe Grillo parcels out choosing Freccero - Tomorrow Renzi will indicate the president (in the running Mansi, Anselmi…
The analysis of Sunday's vote by the Cattaneo Institute in Bologna reveals that almost everyone lost their vote both on the 2014 European elections and on the 2013 policies: from the Pd to Forza Italia and even to Grillo's Movimento 5 Stelle -…
After the regional elections, many advise the Premier to correct his course, but it would be disastrous to backtrack on the reforms because the country and then the leader himself would pay the price first - Renzi, however, must not make another…
REGIONAL - The government is stable but nothing will be as before and in the ballot of the next policies the clash between the Pd and Grillo looms, which bypasses the Lega and Forza Italia - If the Pd does not change, the politics of…
After the opening arrived this morning from the leader of the M5S, the group leader Pd Speranza assures "availability to the comparison, without prejudice" - Vendola: "Majority possible in Parliament. Let's do it. Now".
QUIRINALE - The new President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, is sworn in Parliament this morning, where he will address a brief speech to the Chambers whose leitmotif will be that of the unity of Italy, which must be mended both politically and socially, but also reformed...
Pd and Forza Italia will probably vote blank on the first ballot - Renzi announces Mattarella's candidacy, but Berlusconi doesn't agree and relaunches on Amato - Fassino's prices rise - In the morning, the Quirinale of the M5S.
The leader of the M5s speaks of "media fury by the government and the newspapers at its service" - He posted a comment on his blog entitled: "The truth about the Rome brigade" and calls for the resignation of Mayor Marino who…
The problems that Italy has inherited from the past are too big for a premier to solve them in a short time - But the minority of the Democratic Party can only say no and so far has not presented any alternative project - Protest…
The leader of the 5 Star Movement says he is "a little tired" and proposes to the activists a representative group made up of five already selected parliamentarians. Voting on his blog by 19pm.
The expulsion procedure of Paola Pinna and Massimo Artini has unleashed a flood of grassroots protests. The accusation is that he did not report the expenses and returned the money by paying the sums to the fund for SMEs. It goes up to…
INTERVIEW WITH PIERGIORGIO CORBETTA, POLITICAL SCIENTIST OF THE CATTANEO INSTITUTE OF BOLOGNA - Renzi is at the Leopolda, while the CGIL takes to the streets to demonstrate its dissent against his choices but the premier is the master of the political scene and not…
SUNSHOT 2 - The own goals, the outbursts and the crazy bullshit of midsummer: from Minister Poletti on pensions to Galli della Loggia on the elites and the color blindness of the press - Not to mention the hilarious…
The grillini's suicidal Aventine line cancels the obstructionism and paves the way for the reform of the Senate: all the amendments rejected and seven other articles approved - Palazzo Madama's yes to the first reading by Friday - Immunity unchanged -…
The supremacy of the summer fool certainly belongs to Carlo Tavecchio, who however is not alone: what about the pardon requested by Marco Travaglio for the king of trash, Fabrizio Corona? Or the Guzzanti film, which sees Renzi as the last…
Senate in the reform case - Sel blew up the Chiti mediation (reduction of amendments but final vote in September) accepted by Prime Minister Renzi and the path of reforms got bogged down again - We vote with the…
The amendments presented are over 7 thousand - Voting will not begin before Monday - Renzi at the meeting of the Pd groups: "The task we have is greater than our internal divisions" - Berlusconi: "We respect the pact of the Nazarene and…
The grillino Luigi Di Maio speaks of the "Democratellum" (the proportional M5S proposal) as a "starting point" - Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, on the other hand, continues to focus on governability as a primary objective and recalls that the Chamber has already…
At 14 pm the expected meeting between the Democratic Party and the 30 Star Movement will take place in live streaming from Montecitorio - Neither Matteo Renzi nor Beppe Grillo should intervene - The tension is already high, after yesterday…
The Pd minister recalled that, faced with the invitations to dialogue advanced by the Government, the response of the grillini has always been "simple refusal", up to the turning point last week: dialogue, therefore, cannot now become for M5S ...
ADELE GAMBARO SPEAKS, formerly M5S - "I don't understand Grillo's move to negotiate in extremis on reforms with Renzi: the Democratellum seems to me to be the umpteenth attempt to buy time hoping to mess things up but I fear it's just a…
Boschi: "The land registry reform process begins with the establishment of commissions" - On the electoral reform, "there will be a reduction in the component of mayors and the component of regional councilors will increase" - "Grillo? First there is Fi, no change…
The Prime Minister deems it "important that the most representative political forces in the country try to write the rules of the game together", therefore he welcomes the openness to dialogue on the reforms coming from the 5 Star Movement and proposes a meeting for Wednesday…
After the tactical opening to the Pd of M5S, Berlusconi rediscovers the spirit of collaboration on reforms and renounces presidentialism - In exchange, Renzi is ready to give something up on the composition of the new Assembly (fewer mayors, more regional councilors) and on…
Grillo and Casaleggio acknowledge that "the premier has been legitimized by the popular vote" and say they are ready to discuss electoral law with him - The League is also open to Renzi on institutional reforms - Prudent Pds: "Ready to discuss…
The ballots of the recent administrative elections mark "the end of the positions of electoral income: the time is over in which someone knows that in that place you will win for sure", comments Matteo Renzi from Vietnam, however defining the one achieved by…
At the time of Cesare Cosciani's tax reform in 1963, institutions were seen as a common good - Then there was their degeneration into corporatism and today Grillo's populism comes to hypothesize their destruction - We must…
INTERVIEW WITH ELISABETTA GUALMINI, president of the Cattaneo Institute: in the European elections "the prime minister has overcome all problems of legitimacy and must now act" by implementing reforms immediately, "if he wants to capitalize on the wealth of votes received" - "The legislature will be more stable …
EUROPEAN ELECTIONS - According to the Cattaneo institute, Renzi has managed to eradicate the "fear of communism" by breaking through even in the centre-right - The numbers say it all: voters are down but the Democratic Party is growing - The trend of the vote for Grillo, Berlusconi and…
The Premier: "It's easy to yell 'we have to give everyone money', it's difficult to give 80 euros and find cover. It's not enough to yell and protest" - Grillo: "We've already won, we'll be very bad, but we don't need revenge " - Berlusconi:…
Renzi: "We win the elections. And I'm not saying this because we have to do autogenic training, but because it is the reality of the facts" - Grillo: "We have already won, but we don't need revenge" - Berlusconi: "Sunday's elections I am…
FIRSTonline-goWare EBOOK on "Marine Le Pen & Co. - Populisms and neo-populisms in Europe" by Guido Bolaffi and Giuseppe Terranova on sale on all digital bookstores - In the next electoral campaign we will have to deal with the anti-Europeanism of…
The repayment will thus reach 24 billion, out of the 28 billion owed in total by MPS to the ECB - According to the Board of Directors, the capital increase could be completed by July, while the cost of repaying state loans could cost 3%…
There is no quorum of more than 50% of the capital at the shareholders' meeting of Banca Mps: the meeting is postponed until tomorrow, when the quorum will drop to 33% - The intervention of Beppe Grillo, a small shareholder of the Bank, is also expected tomorrow…
According to the Premier, Berlusconi's sentence on Mussolini "is wrong and unacceptable, just as Grillo's sentence on the Holocaust was unacceptable and shameful"
The prosecutor's office in Taranto indicts Sel's secretary for extortion in the context of the Ilva trial - The governor allegedly put pressure on ARPA, the regional environmental agency - Meanwhile Grillo expels 5 other dissidents
Between expulsions and resignations, the Five Star Movement is in crisis, but recovering the Grillini votes is far from easy and obvious - In any case, the next European elections remain an important showdown and not lost in…
For the leadership of the Treasury, the candidacy of Franco Bernabè is gaining ground - The prime minister in charge: "After a very tough day and a half of meetings, dialogues and insights, I am definitely convinced that the conditions are there to make an excellent…
Surprisingly, the consultation of the M5S base pushes Grillo to a meeting with the prime minister in charge who will complete the consultations with Berlusconi and the Democratic Party today - Alfano's three requests - For the Economy, the candidacy rises in these hours ...
END OF YEAR MESSAGE - The social emergency, the urgency of reforms and the (limited) duration of his mandate underlie the message of the Head of State to the nation - Napolitano calls for an end to the senseless struggle of "all against all" and That…
The best wish that can be made to the Italians is that 2014 frees us from the selfish worstism of Grillo, Berlusconi and the League: today against Napolitano and tomorrow against the euro under the banner of a populism that only serves to cover…
The President of the Republic, re-elected last spring, is making his eighth New Year's Eve speech as Head of State: Napolitano will spur the political forces on the electoral law and the reforms - Berlusconi and Grillo also speak at the same time.
INTERVIEW WITH ELISABETTA GUALMINI, president of the Istituto Cattaneo, who grades political leaders - "Renzi was the best but for him the exams start now" - Full marks also for Napolitano and Letta - 7,5% for Grillo…
"In Italy everyone is thinking of chasing Grillo and blaming Europe for the crisis: but what is the Italian Parliament doing? In Spain and Greece they don't think like that, and in fact they are making reforms": thus the ex…
The secretary of the Democratic Party is giving Beppe Grillo a surprise, taking up the challenge of the 5 Star leader: faced with Renzi's proposal to cut 1 billion in the costs of politics, Grillo had invited him to immediately give up the…
The Pitchforks are finding support in the strange Grillo-Berlusconi couple: while the support of the 5 Star leader was more than predictable, somewhat surprisingly, President Silvio Berlusconi is riding the wave of protest, who not only announces that he wants to receive…
"For us, the euro is a foreign currency," Silvio Berlusconi told the PDL National Council yesterday, who openly makes anti-Europeanism and the fight against the euro one of his strong points in view of the forthcoming European elections, which he is …
Federico Pizzarotti was the first of the 5 Star Movement in Italy to have earned the tricolor band of an important center in Parma by promising to block the incinerator but the Tar lit it and soon the plant will be shut down…
The deputies of the Democratic Party also vote yes to the suspension of work in the Chamber - Lupi: "Government not at risk, democracy yes" - Skip the control room Executive-majority on VAT and IMU - Cassation: "No persecution against Berlusconi" - Grillo…
Senator Gambaro, on the microphones of Sky Tg24, had said that the responsibility for the failure of the administrative movement lay with its leader, Beppe Grillo - The senators and deputies of the movement decreed that it would be the network…
Under the possible generational pact between Letta and Renzi and between Bersani's grievances for the Democratic Party, invigorated by the victory in the administrations, the real problem is that of his identity: the reforming and pro-European thrust of the prime minister will prevail and…
GoWare has just published the ebook "Welcome to Grillolandia. What Italy would be like if Grillo and the 5 Star Movement had 100%", by Stefano Rizzato and Eliano Rossi - The two journalists tried to imagine how one can…
The ideal inspiration of the M5S essentially refers to the doctrine of "happy degrowth" by Serge Latouche and his Italian followers such as Maurizio Pallante - Everyone is trying to understand what is actually meant by degrowth and above all why it should…
At the end of the meeting at Palazzo Chigi with the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, Enrico Letta responded to the provocations of the leader of the 5 Star Movement - "Grillo hurts the institutions of our country, it is unacceptable that he speaks of a coup"…
The live streaming consultation between Letta and the grillini was a real disaster for the representatives of the 5 Star Movement and a cinematic goal for the Premier in charge who overwhelmed them in everything, revealing their inadequacy…
QUIRINALE REPORT CARDS - Full marks to the Head of State who, by accepting the re-nomination, saves the country once again - Excellent performance by Berlusconi who achieves the goal of having a shared President - Bad performance by Bersani: the…
QUIRINALE - After the stalemate of the third ballot, from the fourth vote for the election of the new President of the Republic, scheduled for this afternoon, the Pd will vote for Prodi - Pdl's furious reaction: "It's a candidacy that divides" - The…
Voting begins in Parliament on Thursday for the election of the new President of the Republic: if Bersani closes in on Berlusconi and seeks Grillini votes, Romano Prodi is in pole position, but if the secretary of the Democratic Party seeks a broad understanding, as…
Giorgio Napolitano did not miss the opportunity to recall the courage with which the PCI in 76 opened up to the policy of broad agreements with the DC: a pull on the ears of Bersani, followed by an attack on Grillo's moralizing fanaticism…
The mayor of Florence exposes the Democratic Party and presses Bersani: "Enough to be humiliated by Grillo: either an agreement with Berlusconi in the light of the sun or elections" - Renzi discovers the pot of ferment in the Democratic Party: 120 MPs against…
For the mayor of Florence, who gives an interview to Corriere della Sera, the card of the agreement with the Cavaliere must be tried or new elections are held: there are no possible alternatives - "Bersani let himself be humiliated by Movimento 5…
The SWG Institute records the voting intentions of Italians one month before the elections: the PDL gains two percentage points compared to the last revelation and becomes the first party - Followed by the Pd (-0,4%) and the 5 Star Movement, who loses…
For Jim O'Neill, president of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the real problem for the European Union at the moment is represented by the "Grillo Factor" - "If Italy doesn't start to grow, they will come to wonder what are the benefits of permanence of the euro".
The search for a ragged majority is not a good encouragement for a government that wants to face the political and economic issues with courage - With Grillo and the League, too many genuflections not to face the reality that has emerged…
The secretary of the Pd insists on a government of change but does not insist on the premiership: the closure to the Pdl remains - Tomorrow the decisions of the Head of State - An exploratory assignment to an institutional figure is likely - Berlusconi ...
The 5 Star Movement reiterates its closure to supporting any government, but asks for a full mandate from the Head of State - If a grillino does not receive the job, the M5S wants the presidency of Copasir and the Rai Supervisory Commission.
The leader of the 5 Star Movement continues to play with fire with dangerous statements about Italy and the euro - We advise him to try to launch this referendum among his fans: "Are you in favor of losing in one fell swoop between…
INTERVIEW WITH MAURO GALLEGATI, the economist from the University of the Marches who brought together Stiglitz and Grillo in a Roman restaurant in December 2005 - A development model no longer based on GDP but on well-being as Istat says - The…
INTERVIEW WITH FRANCO FERRAROTTI - For the father of sociology in Italy, our country remains "an archipelago of cultures" but politics "resembles a cabaret" - Grillo recalls the commedia dell'arte, Bersani is "an honest stubborn with streaks…
The Luiss D'Alimonte political scientist writes in Il Sole 24 Ore that on a political-electoral level "Italy is worse off than Greece" and that a "return to voting with Porcellum would reproduce ungovernability" - In essence, returning to voting without reform the law…
The major parties, which have opened the doors to the grillina protest due to their inability to reform, must now find a leap of responsibility to lead the country with a government of the President based on "parallel convergences" of Morotean origin and…
