Italian election results: How the world's press reacted
5 March 2018
Italy's governing centre-left Democratic Party has seen disappointing losses in the election result, while the...
Former Italian prime minister plots comeback but resurgent centre-right scents chance
Appearing on an Italian talk show this week, former prime minister Matteo Renzi was...
It is important both because of its content as well as for the symbolic meaning it has assumed. The strokes of the counter reform against the constitution fall very hard. The newly conceived Senate (Upper House), for instance, retains important powers (such as on constitutional questions, in the relations with the EU, about local authorities, the election of the president, etc.), but should no longer be elected. The Senate was thus not abolished, as
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was the only western leader attending the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Some events are not accidental, especially if they are followed by far-reaching consequences.