The Irish Times

Italian president stays for second term to end political stalemate

Sergio Mattarella (80) had intended to leave role but leaders could not agree on successor

Sat Jan 29 2022 - 22:16

Italy to relax Covid restrictions in Draghi’s first gamble as PM

Daily infection number remains high as experts voice concerns about easing restrictions too soon

Sun Apr 25 2021 - 16:50

Five Star to poll members on backing Draghi for Italian PM

Online vote of signed-up members of largest party in parliament could be close

Mon Feb 08 2021 - 20:42

The Irish Times view on Mario Draghi: a safe pair of hands

The former ECB chief would be a prime minister above politics – that’s a strength but also a fundamental weakness

Thu Feb 04 2021 - 18:45

Mario Draghi accepts mandate to form new Italian government

Former ECB president must win cross-party support amid severe economic crisis

Wed Feb 03 2021 - 17:08

Italy’s prime minister resigns in political gamble

Giuseppe Conte tries to put together new ruling coalition after government lost majority

Tue Jan 26 2021 - 15:25

Italian PM Conte set to resign as political crisis intensifies

Giuseppe Conte to meet president on Tuesday and then seek fresh mandate to govern

Mon Jan 25 2021 - 20:16

Italy’s PM Giuseppe Conte survives crunch confidence vote

Weakened coalition now faces an uphill battle to pass meaningful economic reforms

Tue Jan 19 2021 - 21:44

Italian PM battles for coalition’s survival over Covid-19 recovery plan

Italia Viva party’s departure deprives Conte of majority, with crunch vote on Tuesday

Mon Jan 18 2021 - 19:47

Italian PM Conte faces crunch vote on his future

Political turmoil as Italy’s death toll from Covid-19 climbs to more than 80,000

Fri Jan 15 2021 - 19:59

Iseq treads water as European indices rise on global trade hopes

Vaccine rollout lifts prospects for travel stocks on a good day for tech

Thu Jan 14 2021 - 18:34

Italy in political crisis as Renzi pulls out of government

Critics claim Renzi is playing politics at a time of crisis to revive his Italia Viva party

Wed Jan 13 2021 - 21:03

European stocks nudge higher on Carrefour and Telefónica deals

Travel companies among the fallers amid fears of prolonged Covid-19 restrictions

Wed Jan 13 2021 - 19:57

Jack Ma vs Xi Jinping: the future of private business in China

Expectation is that Ant and Alibaba will survive but face tighter regulation

Wed Jan 13 2021 - 11:14

Covid-19: Italy’s PM faces biggest test as public unity falls apart over restrictions

Giuseppe Conte won plaudits for calm handling of first wave, but the mood has changed

Tue Oct 27 2020 - 12:49

Fragmented Democrat moderates inch towards death

US politics: Range of presidential hopefuls is sign of party weakness – not strength

Wed Feb 05 2020 - 20:30

Italy’s former PM Matteo Renzi forms breakaway centrist party

Split from Democratic Party shifts balance of power in two-week-old coalition government

Tue Sept 17 2019 - 13:08

Italy: Pressure mounts for Giuseppe Conte to lead PD- Five Star coalition

Leader of centre-left PD party Nicola Zingaretti may yet relent and support rival

Mon Aug 26 2019 - 19:45

Danger here: Financial markets quake as trading screens flash dreaded R-word

Dublin’s Iseq share index has fallen 6.6% in seven weeks, leaving it the third worst-performing equity market since July

Fri Aug 16 2019 - 04:30

Italian Senate set to pick date for no-confidence vote in PM

Matteo Salvini attracts criticism for push to capitalise on opinion polls in new election

Mon Aug 12 2019 - 19:03

Matteo Renzi: ‘I don’t think populism has a good future’

Ex-Italian PM believes Di Maio and Matteo Salvini will burn out and looks to Macron

Thu Feb 21 2019 - 17:36

UK would be welcomed to TPP ‘with open arms’, says Japanese prime minister

TPP is a wide-ranging trade agreement between 11 Pacific countries, including Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Canada, Mexico and Australia

Mon Oct 08 2018 - 07:33

Italy’s Matteo Salvini: the European leader most like Trump

In less than a month he has upended his country’s policies on migration and asylum

Mon Jun 25 2018 - 01:00

Italy using EU as a scapegoat can be an obstacle to deep reform

Italy has the largest absolute debt load of any EU country, and the third largest in the world

Fri Jun 08 2018 - 04:05

Italian deadlock ends as populist government takes charge

PM Giuseppe Conte has pledged to cut taxes, boost welfare spend and overhaul some EU rules

Fri Jun 01 2018 - 15:22

Nominee for Italian PM caught in CV controversy

Newspapers report New York University had no record of Giuseppe Conte ever attending

Tue May 22 2018 - 17:44

Renzi steps in to thwart Italian coalition deal

New election looms after former PM knocks partnership with populist Five Star Movement

Thu May 03 2018 - 15:27

Italy’s Five Star Movement seeks governing contract with rivals

Talks begin but could take weeks and still end in deadlock, prolonging instability

Wed Apr 04 2018 - 18:59

Matteo Renzi formally resigns as Democratic Party leader

Italian party commits to staying in opposition after former prime minister stands down

Mon Mar 12 2018 - 20:36

Le Pen hopes to rally support with party’s name-change

New name will remove ‘psychological brake’ for voters, Front National leader tells congress

Sun Mar 11 2018 - 19:00

Social democracy: a political project worth fighting for

The contest of ideas in Europe is far from over and the centre-left can take heart from the essential relevance of its message

Sat Mar 10 2018 - 00:05

Merkel returns for a fourth term

Relief that a coalition deal has been struck in Berlin will be tempered by low expectations for the incoming government

Tue Mar 06 2018 - 00:10

Mattarella stuck in quagmire over creation of Italy’s government

Both Five Star and alliance of centre-right and right claim status of largest party

Mon Mar 05 2018 - 19:03

Italy faces political gridlock as voters back populist Five Star Movement

Widespread anger over poverty, unemployment and migrants hits Democratic Party

Mon Mar 05 2018 - 13:18