The No to the use of Western weapons by Ukraine on Russian soil expressed in the European Parliament by Fratelli d'Italia, Forza Italia and Pd does nothing but further damage Italy's international reputation
“They saw us coming but were unable to stop us.” Giorgia Meloni closes her brief speech at the Parc dei Principi with a jab at Elly Schlein. The PD secretary shortly before, in the Dem headquarters, had claimed to…
The Democratic Party is threatening to no longer appear on Tg1 as a sign of protest against too many reports on the scandals in Bari and Turin. What an incredible gift to the right
The vote in the Senate commission divides the majority, triggers bipartisan protest from the governors and causes revolt among the Democrats. Thus Bonaccini's current comes to speak of "units at risk"
It was January 26, 1994 when the entrepreneur Silvio Berlusconi announced his entry into politics, "Italy is the country I love, I don't want to live in an illiberal country". In reality, at the origin of his choice there was the need to save…
The failure of the ESM will cost Italy dearly and the populist triad Salvini, Meloni and Conte will bear all the responsibility - Who knows if the Democratic Party will understand that chasing the Five Stars is madness and that being alongside them in the battle...
Forza Italia will keep the name of Silvio Berlusconi in the symbol. Tajani on Marta Fascina: "There is no need to carve out a role for her" - Forza Italia towards the congress and pro tempore president
Silvio Berlusconi was 86 years old. He was the protagonist of the last thirty years of the history of Italy and of the Second Republic. From the entrepreneurial career to that of politician up to the judicial vicissitudes
The inconsistency and dilettantism of the centre-right, unable to connect with the city, were the real key to the electoral result which facilitated the success of the centre-left and the affirmation of the new mayor Laura Castelletti, who has been without a party for ten years
Matteo Renzi aims to make IV "the home of all reformists" and after the first arrivals from the Democratic Party of those disappointed by Schlein's "maximalist" turn, with the new guarantee course of "Il Riformista", he is trying to attract also…
Weekend of tension for Italian politics after the pro-Meloni turn in Forza Italia and the search for a balance in the Democratic Party on the group leaders and the new secretariat
After an hour of face-to-face meetings, Berlusconi and Meloni have reached a truce: "At work for a strong, cohesive and high-profile government" - Possible agreement on ministers: Tajani deputy prime minister and for foreign affairs, Pichetto Fratin at the Ecological Transition, Bernini …
In the Chamber, the center-right majority held. The game moves to government appointments that hinge on the Salvini-Meloni axis. But Berlusconi doesn't agree: "They have to come to us".
By irony of fate it's up to Elena Segre, who recalled the tragedy of the 100th anniversary of the March on Rome with very noble words, to crown La Russa President of the Senate: Meloni wins the first round but remains a prisoner of the madness of…
In the center-right, only Forza Italia underlines the need to complete the reforms indicated in the Pnrr - The League asks for changes and rejects the competition law
Revolt of Forza Italia, Italia Viva, Leu and half Pd against the Salvini-Conte axis to nominate Belloni for the Presidency of the Republic - Two votes today
With the meeting on Saturday morning with the Five Stars (led by Beppe Grillo) and with the League (led by Matteo Salvini), the prime minister in charge Mario Draghi closes the first round of his consultations: the Government is close but still need to be done…
Conte frantically continues his search for defectors to avoid the Government's parliamentary rejection on the Bonafede report on Wednesday but Tabacci warns: "We need a Conte-ter to attract those responsible" - But the premier niche on his resignation - If Conte fails, the…
The first signatory of the Coron-tax to deal with the economic emergency due to the Coronavirus is the leader of the Democratic Party in the Chamber, Delrio - Criticism of the opposition, starting with Forza Italia, but also the Renzians and the Five Stars - Conte excludes that…
Closing the tenth edition of the Leopolda Matteo Renzi traced the identikit of Italia Viva: Macron model, no structural alliances with the Five Stars, fair competition with the Democratic Party, pro-European mortgage on the next President of the Republic, open fight against populism and…
According to the Winpoll-Sole 24 Ore survey, Renzi's new political formation is worth 6,4% of the votes and does not mainly subtract them from the Democratic Party - His game scheme resembles that of Ugo La Malfa's PRI and…
The alliance between popular parties and socialists is no longer enough for traditional parties to have a majority - It is impossible for the sovereigns to dominate Parliament, but their weight will rise - Here is the new European Parliament
Once elected, the Italian MEPs will merge into the major European political groups - From Eurosceptics to progressives, from sovereignists to populists, it will be a Parliament that is more fragmented and divided than ever
The SVP, despite losing support, confirms itself as the first party in South Tyrol with over 41%, ahead of the civic list of a former grillino - Boom of the League, which comes third at 11,1% - Pd collapses (3,8 %) and Forza Italia…
The parliamentarians of FI, Pd and Leu sink the appointment of the new president in the commission - The tear of Forza Italia risks closing the center-right alliance. Salvini insists on confirming Foa who for now remains in the saddle as…
A motion by Forza Italia urges the Government to adopt initiatives to "promote the return of Italian companies that have relocated production outside national borders" - But Italy is already the first European country and the second in…
The decision of the Court of Milan invalidates the effects of the Severino law and is immediately enforceable - Salvini: "Happy for him and for democracy" - Gelmini: "Justice is done" - VIDEO.
Twist in the negotiations for the formation of the government: just as President Mattarella was about to give the job for a neutral executive, Salvini and Di Maio asked Colle for 24 additional hours and the agreement would seem closer, with…
The agreements between Di Maio and Salvini and the votes for the election of the new presidents of the Chamber and Senate are skipped after the no of the Five Stars to Romani's candidacy, supported by all the center-right, in Palazzo Madama - Fico…
Thanks to the safety net provided by the Rosatellum bis, which allows for multiple candidacies in the proportional system, a crowd of ministers and political bigwigs still enter Parliament after losing (even badly) the challenge for single-member constituencies...
Renzi and Berlusconi are the big losers of the March 4 elections and their political future seems sealed - But the origins of the two epochal defeats they have won are not the same and must be pondered in depth - Here...
The turnout at 19 pm was less than 60%, but it is expected to exceed 70%, however remaining below that of five years ago - According to the first and relatively reliable exit polls: Movimento 5 Stelle first party around 30% or…
"The first provision will be aimed at building that system of active employment policies that the Jobs Act failed to implement. We will enhance the professional training offer, especially in the tertiary segment, with a major investment in Higher Technical Institutes (ITS) which they will become Smart Academy".
There is a clear disproportion between the public resources promised to retirees and those reserved for youth employment and the centre-right and M5S electoral programs are full of traps at exorbitant costs - The difficult trench of the Democratic Party and the importance of…
Very harsh reactions from Brussels to the racist and xenophobic remarks of the Northern League candidate for the Lombardy region but also to the "senseless" economic proposals of the Five Stars - Moscovici: "The uncertainty caused by the Italian elections is among the political risks of 2018 for…
Bill Emmott, the former director of the Economist who in April 2001 published the famous cover entitled "Why Silvio Berlusconi is unfit to lead Italy" does not rule out that now the leader of Forza Italia could become the "political savior of Italy" why did he come...
The deputy of the Democratic Party Emanuele Fiano deposited the text of the Rosatellum Bis or Rosatellum 2.0 in the Constitutional Affairs commission of the Chamber, which therefore becomes the official proposal of the PD - Ok of Forza Italia, against the M5s. Here you are…
WEEKEND INTERVIEW with LORENZO FORNI, new general secretary of Prometeia: "We expect GDP growth of 1,4% in 2017 and 1-1,15% in the following years, but our economy is showing structural "brakes" which limit recovery speed" - No…
The Sicilian regional elections of November 5 are getting closer and the centre-right and centre-left have not yet found the right balance - On the right, the choice is between Armao and Musumeci - The alliance between Pd and Alfano is almost certain, but…
We publish the explanation of vote in the House of Honorable Giampaolo Galli on the majority motion for greater transparency on contracts on MEF derivatives, which rejects the summary trials and reveals the responsibilities of the Berlusconi governments and the amateurish maneuvers…
The decision was expected. In recent days, the Minister for Regional Affairs had already stated that he wanted to "break the delay" by accepting Silvio Berlusconi's re-aggregation offer. - Costa: "I can't pretend I don't see the array of…
The ignorance of the mayor of Rome is there for all to see but above all he lacks a project for the future of the capital, which however has no one: neither ForzaItalia nor the Pd - In these conditions it will be difficult to relaunch Rome...
Sunday 25 the second round of local elections: among the most uncertain situations Genoa, Parma, Verona and Sesto San Giovanni. In the provincial capitals it is a challenge to two Pd-Centre-Right parties. The three-way Berlusconi-Salvini-Meloni coalition is ahead in 13 of the…
Clear defeat of the 5 Star Movement in the municipal elections: the grillini are out of the ballots in all the regional capitals - The center-right has a large advantage in Genoa with Bucci - In Palermo it wins for the fifth time...
In the Chamber at Montecitorio, the snipers approved a (minor) amendment on which the contrary opinion of the rapporteur Emanuele Fiano (Pd) had arrived, who ruled: "The reform is dead and the 5 Stars killed it, here is the proof" -…
50% majority, 50% proportional, threshold of 5% - This is the proposal of the PD in the Constitutional Affairs Commission - Dry the No of the 5 Star Movement and Forza Italia, ok from the Northern League.
A solution that would allow Berlusconi not only to embarrass his traditional opponents, namely the Democratic Party and the 5 Star Movement, but also to relaunch his party's leadership within the centre-right, displacing the Northern League…
The former prime minister crowns Stefano Parisi: "He will have to reorganize Forza Italia and renew the presence of moderates in politics" - "We need a new proposal open to civil society".
The injunction was served on the former prime minister and senator Maria Rosaria Rossi: the debts were contracted above all by the company 2 B Team Group, which in past years had managed Berlusconi's communication.
Brunetta announces a motion from the entire center-right against the government - The 5 Star Movement has already presented a motion of no confidence in Boschi - The Minister of Reforms: "We'll see who has the majority"
Great fibrillation in Forza Italia after Silvio Berlusconi's Northern League turnaround in Bologna - Moderates close to saying goodbye and ready to approach Ncd, Fitto and Tosi - "If the League commands, let's give Renzi the votes…
BALLOTTAGES - The Democratic Party slows down, the center-right rises again - After the Mose scandal and with the candidacy for mayor of the former Civatian magistrate Casson, the Democratic Party loses Venice, where the force supporter Brugnaro surprisingly wins - The Democratic Party reconquers Mantua…
To get to the ballot with Renzi and in Grillo's place in the next general elections, the center-right must reunite and Salvini has already mortgaged the leadership, but the Berlusconians are not at all willing to give up: "We cannot live with who...
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 -…
ADMINISTRATIVE ELECTIONS - The Democratic Party wins the mayors of Trento and Aosta in the first round and goes to the ballot in Bolzano, despite collecting fewer votes than in last year's Europeans - The League doubles its votes - Come on…
No more annuities for parliamentarians convicted of serious sentences over two years - The annuities remain for minor offenses - In favor of Pd, Sel, Fdi, Sc and Lega - Popular area, M5S and Forza Italia do not vote -…
First serious test for the Renzi government on the new electoral law today in the Montecitorio hall where two preliminary rulings on constitutionality put forward by Forza Italia which had instead approved the law in the Senate will be voted on - The Pd…
The Surveillance Court declares the sentence to be served for the tax fraud on Mediaset TV rights extinguished. The ban on public office has also been extinguished. However, the 6-year stop envisaged by the Severino law on eligibility remains
POLITICS NANETTI - Raffaele Fitto on the right and Pippo Civati on the left rage in the newspapers and on talk shows with bombastic dissent towards the leaders of Forza Italia in the first case and of the Democratic Party in the second, but below…
The constitutional reform that transforms the Senate is today in the vote of the Deputies Chamber: Berlusconi, denying the previous vote, has asked his followers to vote against but Forza Italia is splitting and a part is to support the reform…
Today in Rome the secretary of the League, split as never before in the Veneto region due to the clash between Zaia and Tosi, is looking for a showdown with the support of the fascists of Casa Pound - Thus the alliance with Forza Italia, torn apart by…
The premier: “I hope that common sense and reasonableness will prevail within Forza Italia, but if this does not happen we will continue to respect Berlusconi and his party. And to move forward."
Great tension at the top of Forza Italia: Berlusconi under accusation for the way the battle for the Quirinale was handled and for relations with Renzi - Lease: reset all the leadership - Toti: "The Pact is…
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.
Beyond the stop to vetoes, the Premier defined "electing the head of state as a good thing" with Forza Italia, who "doesn't want someone with a militant history in our party" - Renzi would later mention the need to…
Today's vote in Emilia and Calabria heralds a success for the Democratic Party but it remains an important mid-term test for the prime minister who has to deal with abstention and also for the leader of Forza Italia who fears overtaking…
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…
At the end of yesterday's meeting between the two leaders, Pd deputy secretary Lorenzo Guerini said that "there was no talk of Consultation and CSM", but "an attempt was made to make progress in particular to…
From today's meeting between Silvio Berlusconi and Matteo Renzi on the new electoral law, the Italicum, "a broad will to proceed" with a revision of the thresholds emerged, while "I would be more cautious on preferences", said the deputy secretary of the Democratic Party Lorenzo Guerini.
The new geography of the centre-right in view of Berlusconi's meeting with Renzi - Forza Italia is divided into three - There are the doves led by Verdini and faithful to the ex Cavaliere: they bet on the agreement with Renzi - There are the tough…
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…
After a day full of tension, the Constitutional Affairs Commission of Palazzo Madama has finally approved the reform of the Senate with the votes of the government majority but also of Forza Italia and the League.
Voting on the amendments will begin next Wednesday - The Finocchiaro-Calderoli text provides that the senators are not elected by the citizens, but by the regional councils - The seats will be assigned with a proportional system - No region can have less than two…
In view of the squeeze on the reform of the Senate, the frond is growing in Forza Italia and in the Democratic Party but the dissidents, beyond the problems of political coherence, seem to forget that there is a big difference between bar talk and…
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 Pd deputy Angelo Senaldi presented a bill aimed at introducing at least 12 annual closing days for merchants - A return to the past, therefore, with respect to the liberalizing breakthrough introduced by the Monti government - The applause…
ELECTORAL BALLOTGES - Very low participation in the second round of administrative elections: only one voter out of two votes - The Democratic Party does not break through: it conquers Bari, Pescara, Bergamo, Pavia, Cremona, Vercelli but loses Perugia (which goes to Forza Italia), Padua (wins the League)…
SCANDAL VENICE - Arrests and excellent suspects for bribes and corruption among which the names of the mayor Orsoni, the former minister Galan and the financier Meneguzzo stand out - A total of 35 arrests - The magistrates claim to have proof of…
EUROPEAN ELECTIONS - Record result of the Pd which collects more than 40% of the votes and becomes the first party in the European social democratic area - Both Grillo and Forza Italia are down - Lega is doing well - Ncd and Lista Tsipras…
The Premier: "Forward like a steamroller" - Next week the Government will approve the Def and the decree that cuts 80 euros a month in taxes for less well-off workers - According to polls, the Pd is the first…
Sensational blunder by the parent company of Forza Italia in the Chamber, who wanted to flea the increase in the levy on the financial income of the Renzi government but miscalculated by applying 6% to the tax revenue instead of the taxable amount - And to think that Brunetta…
The text of the Italicum arrives in the Chamber in the Chamber and the deputies will vote by secret ballot on the four constitutionality rulings presented by SEL, Lega, Movimento 5 Stelle and Popolari per l'Italia - Anonymity is an opportunity for anyone who wants to weaken the…
The Democratic Party withdraws its amendments to the electoral law, Forza Italia does not - Renzi rises up: "The pacts must be respected" - But Berlusconi, who is aiming for victory in the first round, does not give up on the 35% quorum to access the prize...
The secretary asks the Pd Directorate to vote on the draft agreement with Berlusconi and the other political forces to change the electoral law, Title V and abolish the Senate - "First yes to the reforms before the European ones, on May 25"…
The second round (i.e. a run-off between the two formations that received the most votes) would be envisaged by the latest draft of the electoral reform if no party or coalition reaches the 35% threshold, beyond which the majority premium would be triggered...
Sparkling weekend for Italian politics after the rejection of the Porcellum: the primaries of the Democratic Party with the return to the vote of Prodi and the super-favourite Renzi, Berlusconi's attempt to relaunch Forza Italia and the debut of the New centre-right…
After the Senate vote, which tonight confirmed its trust in the Executive by a large margin, Letta announces that she wants to pursue the program "with more determination" - "Without the Berlusconians, we are more united on Europe" - "I expect subsequent decisions…
"The experience with the government ends here": these are the words, which should bring the curtain down on the experience of the government of the broad Pd-Pdl agreements led by Letta, expressed today at the press conference by the leader of Forza Italia in the Senate, Paolo Romans.
The government could place its trust in the commission's text: a decision that would allow the Stability law to be voted on before November 27, the day on which the Senate will vote on Berlusconi's forfeiture - On the home front, the last…
Il Cavaliere in a letter to the parliamentarians: "It is essential to remain united and work together. I don't understand the divisions. Tomorrow will be an opportunity to confront and discuss. As is done in every family. Everyone will bring their ideas".
While the father works on the return of Forza Italia, the rumors that Marina Berlusconi would like to inherit the political helm at the helm of the center-right are becoming more and more insistent - The person concerned denies it, but some indications seem to lead in the direction…
The Bureau of the People of Freedom, which met yesterday, approved the suspension of the party's activities, to focus on the relaunch of Forza Italia - Alfano and the doves desert: Berlusconi minimizes, but the hypothesis of…
In the awaited video message, the Knight announces that he will remain leader of the "moderates" even if he will no longer be a parliamentarian - He will, however, lead Forza Italia, no longer than the PDL - No indications on the future of the Letta government, but a long…
The announcement in an interview with the German newspaper "Bild" - Il Cavaliere once again takes it out on the left-wing judiciary over the Ruby case, while Alfano asks Minetti to resign - But the scrapping of the Pdl does not please the former An…
