M5S between totem and taboo: farcical see-saw on public funding of parties
Antics of the Five Stars on public funding for parties: first they open to its reintroduction but then they immediately reverse. The virus of populism is hard to defeat
Quirinale: Belloni in pole position, new President on Saturday
Sixth vote null for the election of the new President of the Republic but after the flop of Casellati a shared solution is maturing with the candidacy of Elisabetta Belloni, for a long time director of the Farnesina - FI, Iv and Leu are however…
President of the Republic: Moratti, Pera and Nordio the centre-right candidates
The center-right presented a shortlist of 3 candidates for the election of the Quirinale - After a long meeting, the center-left replied: "There can be no agreement on those names", proposing a new meeting - Nothing happened even in the second…
Banks Commission, skips the agreement on the joint report
President Casini's draft, which contained important issues including the role of Bank of Italy in terms of supervision and the phenomenon of the so-called "revolving doors" did not find unanimous acknowledgment among the parties - Liberi e Uguali and M5S…
Banks, Bankitalia-Consob: face-to-face hearing
The President of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Banks, Pierferdinando Casini, jointly convened the head of Supervision of the Bank of Italy, Barbagallo, and the Director General of Consob, Apponi, on Thursday 9 November to clarify the events relating to the banking crises …
Banks: Casini chairman of the commission of inquiry
The president of the Foreign Affairs Commission will lead the commission that will investigate the Italian banking system - The institutions that have experienced the deepest crises are at the center of attention.
Banks, Commission of Inquiry: Casini in pole position but there is also Tabacci
The former Speaker of the Chamber, Pierferdinando Casini (Ap) is in pole position for the presidency of the controversial Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the banking system which will meet for the first time on 27 September, but Bruno Tabacci is also eligible …
Mario Monti resigns from Civic Choice and accuses: "Mauro and Casini have discouraged me"
Dramatic break at the top of Civic Choice, the formation created by former prime minister Mario Monti who acknowledged that Mauro and Casini effectively discouraged him by inspiring a more pro-government declaration by 11 senators on the Stability Law and…
Monti meets the leaders of the center: we are moving towards a single list, at least in the Senate
Today the outgoing prime minister meets Casini and Montezemolo and according to rumors he is pushing for the solution of a single list at least in the Senate reserving the veto power over the candidates - ''The hysterical reactions of the PDL and Berlusconi against…
Electoral law, today the last call
If an agreement is not signed by today, there will no longer be material time for the necessary parliamentary steps before the Christmas break - Bersani: "We will not put Italy on an adventure by stripping it of all governability" - Casini opens: "D' agreement with the prize…
PRIMARY PD - Bersani-Renzi thaw but Casini warns: "No alliance with those who go with Sel"
PRIMARY PD - The assembly of the Democratic Party reaches the quorum and almost unanimously changes the statute to allow the mayor of Florence to participate in the primaries - Renzi: "I have faith in Bersani" - But Casini warns: "No alliance with those who go…
Three pitfalls for Bersani: Casini, Vendola, Renzi
The centrist leader is tempted by a strictly proportional electoral reform with the PDL and the Lega - The Apulian governor presents the anti-Fornero referendum with Di Pietro - And the mayor of Florence leaves for the primaries with a Reagan slogan.
Da Monti, Bersani and Casini: after Cernobbio, three hypotheses for the after-vote
For the UDC leader after Monti there is Monti - Bersani is a candidate for premier at the helm of the progressives - The Prime Minister reiterates: the caretaker government is "transient" - Waiting for Berlusconi's decisions.
Casini da Monti: anti-debt plan and phase two spending review in September
The UDC leader meets the Prime Minister at Palazzo Chigi: "The tensions in the majority don't worry him. He is serene. Very serene".
Vendola denies opening to Casini after the negative reaction of the Network
The leader of Sel this morning, after meeting Bersani, had lambasted Di Pietro and instead seemed to have opened up to the UDC - This afternoon his press office considerably softened its pro-Casini position, after the controversial reactions on the Net -…
Monti, another "small" decree for growth in days
The Premier in the Chamber: "The suggestion I gave to the heads of the parties that support the government is that, if possible, of an intensification of the action especially as regards the times" - With the measures for growth "or markets …
A Monti "strong mandate" from Alfano, Bersani and Casini
This is the indication that came from the summit yesterday evening at Palazzo Chigi, which involved, in addition to the premier, Alfano, Bersani and Casini - Since last April 17 this "format" has not been used, the meeting with the representatives of the political forces who claim…
Monti-partiti summit tonight: work, growth, party funding, corruption on the table
Large summit between the leaders of the parties and the Prime Minister. There will be discussions on entry flexibility, easing of the internal stability pact, party funding and exodus cases. Bersani's hand extended to Alfano for greater gradualness on the rules…
Labor reform, there is an agreement: reinstatement also for economic layoffs
Three-hour night summit between Monti, Fornero, Alfano, Bersani and Casini - Berlusconi for electoral reasons has forced his followers not to defend the amendment to article 18 to the bitter end - In return for the PDL: the transformation into contracts is more gradual…
Electoral law: agreement reached at the lightning summit of Pdl, Pd and Udc in Montecitorio
Alfano, Bersani and Casini found an agreement on the electoral law at the summit - It provides for the return to citizens of the power of choice of parliamentarians, a system no longer based on the obligation of coalition, the indication of the candidate for prime minister, a threshold …