Italy
24 September 2020 · Italy
Italian elections: democracy reduced, government given breathing space
As expected the constitutional referendum to reduce the number of MPs in both houses by a third passed by 70 per cent to 30 per cent. This means an Italian MP will represent up to 150,000 vo…
31 August 2020 · · Italy
Why Salvini could become Prime Minister of Italy
Dave Kellaway reviews David Broder’s, First they took Rome: How the Populist Right Conquered Italy , Verso Books 2020 “ There’s no left anymore’’ - Nicola, retired lorry driver; “ there is j…
29 January 2020 · · Italy
Salvini pushed back but hard right remains strong
Regional elections in two parts of Italy, Emilia Romagna and Calabria were held on Sunday January 26. They were seen as posing a big challenge to the government if Salvini’s Lega (League, fo…
5 December 2019 · · Italy
Sardines against Salvini
A few weeks ago four thirty year olds from Bologna were complaining about the victory of Salvini’s hard right Lega (League) in the Umbrian regional elections and the danger of him winning th…
1 August 2018 · · Italy
Salvini quotes Mussolini as hate crimes rise in Italy
Dave Kellaway reports from Italy on the danger posed by rise of racism and the far right following the recent elections. An Italian national discus thrower attacked and injured seriously in …
30 May 2018 · · Italy · 1 comment
Italian crisis –Neither the European Union nor a racist national sovereignty
Matterella’s risky move The racist Salvini could not have asked for a better speech writer for his upcoming electoral soundbites than the Italian president, Matterella, writes Dave Kellaway …
6 March 2018 · Italy · 2 comments
Pro-austerity government punished but votes go to racist Lega and populist Five Star movement
As in 2013, the Italian general elections have not produced a government majority. No party or coalition has crossed the 40% threshold that would allow them to form a government. So has noth…
6 December 2016 · · Italy
Five Lessons from the Italian referendum
by Dave Kellaway A thumping defeat for Renzi’s anti-democratic and pro-capitalist project. Renzi wanted to change the constitution to remove the senate and to centralise more power in his ha…
6 December 2016 · Italy
Italian voters reject authoritarian proposal
Sinistra Anticapitalista is an organisation in Italy which supports the Fourth International. This is a translation of their statement on the referendum result. The Italian electorate has re…