The Svimez hearing on the fiscal federalism project clarifies the infrastructural gap between North and South. The risk of a serious separation especially in the provision of essential services
The abstention of the Democratic Party in the European Parliament on the new Stability Pact is simply surreal: not only because it denies all the meritorious work of Eurocommissioner Gentiloni but because it even distances him from the European socialist family. You can't sell off your reformist soul for…
The founder of the League, Umberto Bossi, bluntly shouts at the secretary Matteo Salvini and sends out signs of revolt. He will decide the outcome of the next European elections
In her new book "The Free Lunch", published by Mondadori, the economist Veronica De Romanis explains, with an abundance of data and reasoning, how easy spending is a vice and a deception of Italian politics that comes from afar but which…
Today we vote in Abruzzo. Open challenge between Marsilio, outgoing governor supported by the centre-right, and D'Amico, candidate of the broad camp. All eyes on the turnout, considered decisive. Test for majority and opposition after the Sardinia effect
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"
The right-wing controversies against the appointment of Paola Concia as President of the Commission for school relations after the horrible femicide of poor Giulia Cecchettin scare the Minister of Education Valditara who backtracks and cancels the appointments
Haemorrhage of consensus for the League in both elections, Fdi good - Fugatti confirmed in Trento, Svp wins in Alto Adige but loses consensus: uphill road for the new council
In spite of the anti-migrant barricades advocated by Salvini, the courageous Northern League governor of Veneto and the region's centre-left mayors are experimenting with a bipartisan protocol of widespread reception of migrants to be sent to work to fill the growing shortage…
Just on the eve of the anniversary of the tragic attack on Paolo Borsellino, the Minister of Justice Nordio foreshadowed the possibility of modifying the rule on external competition in mafia association but, fortunately, the undersecretary Mantovano immediately denied it and…
No to the European semester led by Hungary or Poland: this is what a motion approved by the European Parliament is asking for with Lega and FdI voting against
Healthcare among the sectors most affected by the Northern League bill. After the family doctors, five other Associations denounce the risks for the national health service.
In mid-April, the German government will definitively shut down nuclear energy. No worries about supplies. The League files a motion in the Chamber.
Both in Lombardy and in Lazio, the center-right wins the absolute majority but electoral participation is at historic lows - In Lombardy, FdI surpasses the League but does not break through - Slight recovery of the Democratic Party - Flop Moratti - Debacle…
The League relaunches the proposal to transfer Consob and Antitrust from Rome to Milan. But the real game is on the Autonomies and on the renewals of expiring directors. Here are which ones
Roberto Maroni, a leading exponent of the League with Umberto Bossi, died after a long illness. Minister several times, he loved Milan and the Sax
Giorgia Meloni will today receive Mattarella's task of forming the new government and perhaps already in the afternoon she will present the team of ministers - Tuesday in Parliament but first the important meeting with Macron
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".
Enrico Letta of the Pd and Matteo Salvini are the two great losers of the political elections of 25 September: the internal showdown and the very concrete risk of losing their seats are being prepared for them
The center-right wins the elections by 43% to 27%: it is dragged towards Palazzi Chigi by the success of the Brothers of Italy which becomes the first party - Pd under 20% and Lega under 10%
According to the first trend poll, the center-right wins the political elections of 25 September and Giorgia Meloni becomes the first party with 25% of the votes which puts her in pole position to receive the mandate from the Head of State to…
According to US intelligence, Moscow has spent 300 million dollars since 2014 to influence the political processes of other countries - The news comes like a bombshell on the Italian electoral campaign
According to the Observatory on Italian public accounts, the universal extension of the flat tax would cost 58 billion euros - Astronomical bill even for the 41 share
According to the Observatory on Italian public accounts, with the Lega's proposals, out of 545 billion in receivables due by 2020, between 20 and 30 could be recovered
According to the Noto institute, Meloni, three weeks after the vote, has three and a half points ahead of Letta but, beyond the head-to-head between Lega and Cinque Stelle, the surprise is the growth of Calenda and…
A clear message emerges from the accounts of the General State Accounting Office: changing the Fornero law substantially risks bringing chaos back to the pension budget
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
The right has made the flat tax one of its flagships for the electoral campaign, even if the proposals of Lega and Forza Italia are different. But the real doubts are: the flat tax is socially just and…
Lega, Forza Italia and Fdi but also M5S do not vote for trust in the Draghi government and open the crisis: the premier will go up to the Quirinale tomorrow to confirm his resignation - The political elections are getting closer and closer
24 hours after Draghi's resignation, chaos is growing in the majority - M5S evaluates the withdrawal of 5 ministers but splits - The EU accuses Putin of destabilizing European governments. Renzi's pro-Draghi petition
School, anti-Covid measures and PNRR at the center of the Council of Ministers - The distinction between vaccinated and non-vaccinated intensifies and the League dissociates itself - Draghi: "Italy will be more open"
Mattarella's encore is a shock to Italian politics, but the Premier will have to find a new impetus to face the health, economic and social challenges and dribble around the problems and disagreements that have arisen in the League and in the M5S
The violent media-judicial smear campaign against Matteo Renzi seems to forget not only the rights guaranteed to people by the law and the Constitution but also the sense of the ridiculous and does not fail to end up in the grotesque: as in the case of the elusive…
The Northern League minister nominated Draghi for the Quirinale to then immediately get to the political elections - But by breaking up the current government, who would make the reforms that can mark the turning point for the country? His endorsement in Calenda for…
The Festival of Economics, promoted by the publisher Laterza and the economist Tito Boeri, will probably no longer be held in Trento: the Northern League council of the autonomous province of Trentino has decided it amidst a thousand controversies - Now Trento deals with Il Sole 24 Ore
After a very nervous day, Draghi managed to convince his government partners to reach an agreement on the changes to be made to the Cartabia reform, which will immediately go to the House of Representatives - Excluding the statute of limitations for mafia crimes and…
The vengeful populism of Lega and Cinque Stelle which in the Senate caused the suspension of the pension of a weak and seriously ill person like Ottaviano Del Turco is simply inhuman - But President Casellati has nothing to…
The scandal of the regional company Aria demonstrates the managerial incapacity of the Northern League's ruling class. And Piedmont and Veneto are no exception either. And federalism comes out deeply bruised by the health emergency entrusted to small demagogues
At the National Assembly of Italia Viva Matteo Renzi claims the birth of the Draghi government and appreciates Letta's turn but awaits him to the test of facts.
NEW PD SECRETARY ELECTED - "We don't need a new secretary but a new Pd that brings together soul and screwdriver and that is inspired by Delors and Prodi" said Enrico Letta, presenting his political platform, strongly…
INTERVIEW WITH GIULIO SAPELLI, economic historian and essayist - "Having freed Italy from Conte's transformism is Mario Draghi's first merit and the birth of his government is an ultra-positive fact. That of the League is an organic, push…
There are 39 in all, with many women - Draghi's ultimatum is decisive, who entrusts the delegation to the Secret Services to the police chief, Gabrielli
The prime minister in charge concludes the consultations by also meeting Silvio Berlusconi and Beppe Grillo and collecting a large majority but among the Five Stars the anti-Draghi frond is growing and the risk of splitting of the Di Battista wing is also growing: for the grillini…
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…
Draghi is close to the goal of the new government: even the Five Stars and Forza Italia will support him and signs of possibility even come from the League - Elements of evident discontinuity will emerge in the program and in the formation of the team and…
How many votes does Mario Draghi need to gain confidence in Parliament? Lega and M5S will be decisive. Let's do some calculations
Draghi starts consultations this afternoon in search of a majority that is not there for now - The main issue concerns the Five Stars, who have not yet metabolized Conte's exit but from the former prime minister and Di Maio are…
Rejecting the reform of the Mes as the right-wing oppositions and part of the populists of the Five Stars do is serious damage to both image and substance for our country - The economist Giampaolo Galli explains why
Faced with the pressure from the Democratic Party, Prime Minister Conte announces the end of the early retirement with the very expensive 100 quota wanted by Salvini who is now threatening a very tough opposition.
INTERVIEW WITH PAOLO FELTRIN, political scientist at the University of Trieste - The success of the Venetian governor recalls in its proportions that of the DC of the Dorotheans in the 70s-80s of the twentieth century - Good management of the fight against Coronavirus was crucial - Premature…
According to the first projections, the center-left seems to prevail over the League in Tuscany while in Puglia the Emiliano-Fitto derby is played on the edge - The Veneto triumph of Zaia but it remains to be seen if the Governor will surpass the League list by overshadowing…
INTERVIEW WITH GIULIO SAPELLI, economics historian and counter-current intellectual - "Politics cannot be reformed with the simplistic shortcut of cutting the number of parliamentarians. The referendum will have effects on both the Five Stars and the Democratic Party. Giorgetti's NO doesn't appeal to me…
According to Cinque Stelle and Lega, the referendum on the reduction of parliamentarians was supposed to be a piece of cake, but the adhesions to the NO front are increasing day by day and are gaining transversal consensus both on the right and on the left; that's who it is...
The attempts of the League to hide the clear defeat remedied in the elections in Emilia-Romagna are pathetic: Salvini has begun to lose - The attempt to delegitimize the Sardines is also dishonest
The judges of Piazza Cavour have admitted the question proposed by 71 senators - Probable date of the vote between May and June
The Constitutional Court after a long deliberation judged the League's question inadmissible because it was "excessively manipulative". If approved, it would not have allowed immediate voting - Salvini protests: "The old system defends itself"
The movements and the new year: the analysis of Giuliano Cazzola. Even for the left, he claims, the alarm clock has sounded. And the defense of democracy from the risks of super-populism has become the Piave line of Italian society. Easy choice, battle…
Via Nazionale has dissolved the top management bodies of the Apulian bank due to the huge capital losses recorded and has appointed two commissioners for extraordinary administration but the Government is unable to approve the decree due to the controversial absence of the Renzians who…
The Minister of Economy defends the reform of the Mes, which had been endorsed by the previous government, but a fight breaks out in the Chamber with screams, kicks and punches - Very tough clash between Conte and Salvini with the premier warning: "lawsuit...
What is at the heart of the international and domestic political controversies regarding the Salva-Stati fund? What does the reform foresee? What are the risks and consequences for Italy? Here's everything you need to know
High tension in the majority (but not only) on the reform of the European Stability Mechanism, which according to some would make the restructuring of the Italian public debt more likely
In the regional elections in Umbria, the center-right conquers the region for the first time in 50 years and makes the government tremble - Heavy defeat of the Democratic Party and the Five Stars
INTERVIEW WITH MATTIA SANTORI, leader of the Sardine movement who leapt onto the political scene in 10 days to the cry of "Italy does not bind" - But the Sardines criticize all populisms, that of Salvini but also that of the Five Stars
Di Maio raises the bar and shakes any hypothesis of an agreement with the Democratic Party by asking for Conte's reconfirmation at Palazzo Chigi and the immediate cut of the parliamentarians - Pd in embarrassment - Is the League back in the game?
Consultations at the Quirinale concluded - Di Maio does not appoint the PD, but postpones the elections - Salvini opens up to his former ally, the PD sets 3 new conditions that raise tension. Today's summary.
All parties seem to believe in the miracle of avoiding the 23 billion VAT increase without imposing new taxes or making corresponding spending cuts but a pious illusion - Yet a well thought-out VAT increase would have some advantages
The first heads in the government crisis fall, that is, those of the two deputy prime ministers - The Democratic Party, to give its support to a government with M5S, would also like to change Conte but if he falls, the legislature will also fall?
The prime minister defines the crisis caused by Salvini as "serious" for at least 5 reasons and harshly accuses the deputy prime minister: "Irresponsible, opportunist. The activity of this government stops today, I will put my mandate back in the hands of the President of the Republic".
The revaluation of the price of gold on the market brings the value of the gold reserves of the Bank of Italy to record levels
The historian Andrea Graziosi, in his book "The future against. Democracy, freedom, a just world" published by "Il Mulino", highlights how the radical change throughout the West makes a return to the economic boom and well-being of the twentieth century improbable and warns…
Salvini: "He risks not creating work or creating undeclared work" - Garavaglia: "70% of those who ask do not have the right" - Castelli: "An idiot"
The only non-viable option is the one suggested by Salvini (constitutional reform and vote immediately after) - For the rest, everything is still possible: from the Conte bis to the Lega-M5S government, from the M5S-Pd legislative pact to the executive minority
The election hypothesis is strengthened. For the League, "voting is the only alternative" but Di Maio: "Crazy to return to a caretaker government" - Conte at the Quirinale and then the summit at Palazzo Chigi
To avoid Brussels' veto, the Treasury plans to finance the block on VAT increases and the Flat tax with a massive cut in tax breaks - Il Carroccio, however, continues to ask for a completely different maneuver
What will we talk about at the beach this summer? A few impertinent questions for the bourgeois who consider the League a tameable tiger and for the dem who see potential allies in the Cinquestelle
Carlo Bonomi, president of the Lombard industrialists, launches a veritable manifesto to say "Enough" to populism: the text also contains three proposals to relaunch economic policy
Business representatives will also arrive at Palazzo Chigi on Thursday - The head of government thus replies to the similar summit convened last week at the Interior Ministry, in an informal manner, by Matteo Salvini
The pro Von der Leyen vote and Russiagate increase the parallel convergences between M5S and Pd but their government alliance would be suicide for the Dems and would erase any hope of a democratic alternative to the sovereigns
In the meeting with the social partners (to be repeated at the end of the month) the Carroccio assured that the flat tax will affect 40 million taxpayers, but also announced many other tax news - Total darkness on the roofs - Tension skyrocketing…
The stock falls on the stock market after the clash in the government over the withdrawal of the concession. Di Maio insists but Salvini resists
Green light to calls for tenders for the construction of the Tav and new EU funding: the League rejoices, M5S cries - But surprisingly, Prime Minister Conte rejects (for now) the differentiated regional autonomies that Salvini wants
The victory of Milan and Cortina for the 2026 Olympics is yet another boomerang for the Five Stars. which, after rejecting the Rome Olympics, pushed Turin to give up its candidacy for the 2026 ones
The Northern League undersecretary sinks the project to securitize state debt with companies: "But do they seem plausible to you? If they could be done, everyone would do them" - And he attacks his party mate: "Are there still those who believe in Borghi?"
After having stolen almost a billion from CDP, the Government plans to forfeit another 2 billion from the Bank of Italy but above all Lega and Cinque Stelle are meditating a coup to cancel independence from the central bank
The Carroccio agrees to withdraw the amendment of the discord on the South and the grillini bend over to the autonomies, which will soon arrive in the CDM - On Friday the trust is voted in Deputies, then text in the Senate - The final go-ahead must…
The League votes in the Chamber the dem amendment to the Growth decree which guarantees 3 million to the free broadcaster. Di Maio furious: "It's a very serious thing"
The leader of the League clarifies that the hypothesis under study concerns a "fiscal peace" on the "hundreds of billions" that the Italians have hidden "under the mattress"
In the ballots, the Democratic Party takes back Livorno and defends Reggio Emilia and Cesena, but succumbs in two red strongholds in Emilia and Romagna where the League is advancing
The agreement provides for the suspension for two years of some points of the Procurement Code, as requested by the League - "Long and cordial" phone call between Salvini and Di Maio this morning
New Lega-M5S tear: Garavaglia does not give in on the amendment that suspends the Procurement Code, all postponed to Wednesday. Conte's new appeal: "Tight times and we risk chaos"
"You can't work in the midst of a thousand controversies: either there is loyal collaboration or you don't go ahead and I don't want to get by: I'm waiting for a quick response on the possibility of continuing" - Salvini replies Secca: "We want to go ahead and…
Salvini accepts the step back from the Executive but appoints him responsible for Lega Infrastructures - 19 people sentenced in the first instance for "crazy spending" in the Liguria Region
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
The League reaches 34,3%, the Pd 22,7%, M5S 17%, FdI 6,5% - Forza Italia under 10% (8,8%) and +Europe (+3,1% ) does not reach quorum
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
INTERVIEW WITH CLAUDIO MARTELLI, former Socialist Vice-President of the Council and Minister of Justice - "To relaunch Europe against national-populism, a project like the one based on merits and needs is needed and a president of the EU Commission like…
In addition to the European elections, local elections will be held on Sunday in the Piedmont Region and in thousands of Municipalities: from Bergamo to Potenza, via Florence
The Prime Minister will remove the Northern League undersecretary accused of corruption - Salvini will not be able to avoid it, but the retaliation is already ready
Pressured by the Five Stars, the premier fires the undersecretary accused of having collected a bribe with a mafia scent, but the leader of the Lega Salvini is not there
The clash between the two parties in government is increasingly heated - Siri under investigation for corruption, Di Maio asks for his resignation - The audio of the Espresso inguaia Raggi, Salvini takes advantage of it to accelerate the campaign to conquer the Capitol
