5-star movement

Italy's 5-Star Movement, opposition Democratic Party agree to form coalition government led by Giuseppe Conte

The prospect of a new administration led by Conte, an academic who is considered close to the 5-Star, has buoyed markets, which are betting that Italy will get a fiscally prudent government that will avoid confrontation with Europe.

 

Aug 29, 2019, 08:25 AM IST

Italy PM Renzi defends flagship reform before half-empty chamber

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, speaking on Monday to a half-empty parliament that had been abandoned by the opposition, defended his flagship constitutional reform, due to be voted on this week.

Apr 12, 2016, 01:39 AM IST