Conte breaks the left's broad camp on Iran too, but the novelty is that this time Schlein does not follow him and signs an anti-Ayatollah parliamentary resolution together with the center-right majority.
INTERVIEW with former mayor of Milan, Piero Borghini: "Tangentopoli and the current urban planning investigation in Milan are incomparable: back then, there was the problem of illicit party financing, and Mario Chiesa was caught red-handed with the bribe money in his hand,…
It's easy to talk about pacifism but Conte's pacifism considers Europe a stepmother, pretends to forget Trump's damage and in Ukraine he is closer to Putin than to Zelensky. If you look closely he is not very far away...
If it wants to hope to build an alternative to the Meloni government, the centre-left must strengthen and enhance the most authentically reformist area, taking note of the fact that the PD is the linchpin of the progressive alignment but cannot absorb all its souls.
Barring new legal consequences, Giuseppe Conte has won his challenge against Beppe Grillo for the leadership of the Five Stars but his political line remains more uncertain and undefined than ever. Power seems to be his only guiding star
The businessmen and financiers present at the Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio were not seduced by the leader of the Five Star Movement and former prime minister, Giuseppe Conte. His pro-Putin foreign policy on Ukraine and his economic policy were rejected…
In a few words, Eurocommissioner Paolo Gentiloni dispelled a false legend: the PNRR money for Italy was not provided by the leader of the Five Star Movement, Giuseppe Conte, but by an algorithm prepared by two Dutch (!!!) EU officials. It will be enough to…
Only those who go on their knees to Conte can think that the Government of the leader of the Five Star Movement was better than that of Mario Draghi. But it is not the only political idiocy with which Goffredo Bettini, the former guru of the Roman Democratic Party,…
The Five Star leader's proposal to make ministers and parliamentarians ineligible for membership in the European Parliament is correct in substance but it comes when the horses have already escaped from the stable and for this reason it has the flavor of a hoax
The new president of the Region, Alessandra Todde, intends to protect the landscape from new plants. A year and a half of suspension which the companies however consider too long
After Abruzzo, the centre-right, with the support of Renzi and Calenda, confirms its leadership of Basilicata. FdI first party. The League brings up the rear of the centre-right, the M5S has 7,66%
The vote in the European Parliament on the Migration Pact revealed rifts: the Democratic Party, after having supported the agreement, now aligns itself with the Grillini. Meloni's political family is also divided: Lega against, Forza Italia and Fdi in favor
Prodi never misses an opportunity to stimulate the left to broaden the field: only in this way can we attempt to build an alternative to the Meloni government
The referendums launched by the CGIL have nothing to do with trade unions but are the antechamber of a political project that Landini hopes to crown with his leadership of the M5S-Pd axis on a maximalist and populist platform that is completely unlikely to…
The Sardinian elections do not have a national significance but they make us reflect: Meloni has lost his magic touch but the left will only be able to undermine her by allying itself with the center and adopting a realistic, reformist and anti-populist policy
The government's surprising blitz on the banks will cause savers to lose money but above all it will cause Italy to lose credibility in the eyes of the world
The Five Stars vote with the right for a salary increase of 16 euros net per year for the group leaders of the Chamber but then they are a little ashamed and announce that they will give up on collecting it. But then why did they vote for him?
Following the Pd and Cinque Stelle bill on the guaranteed minimum wage, the secretaries of the CGIL and UIL risk a sensational own goal that does not guarantee adequate wages, weakens union representation and above all reduces spaces…
The debacle in Molise is yet another confirmation that for the Democratic Party, the pursuit of the Five Stars only leads to distortion and defeat. If the Democratic Party does not decide to clearly say what it wants and only then to look for…
"You can't win alone" Schlein defends himself in front of the Democratic Party leadership after Saturday's boomerang with Grillo and Conte but then stumbles over alliances failing to strike up a dialogue with the Third Pole
Schlein's surprising victory in the Pd primaries will have effects not only on the left but on the entire Italian political scene and raises four considerations: here are the ones
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…
Despite a historic defeat in the last political elections, no basic self-criticism emerges from the Democratic Party and no impetus towards a turning point that can restore a future to the party - Yet the congress is the last chance for a clear choice...
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…
The Conte governments have on their conscience the closure of the mission unit on hydrogeological instability that the Renzi government had set up by allocating 45 million to secure the Misa river in the Marche region, then destined by the grillini to other posts of…
Very tough clash on basic income between Conte and Renzi - The leader of the Five Stars provokes that of Iv: "Come unescorted among the citizens to talk about your ideas" - Renzi replies: "You are half a man, you speak for…
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…
Seeing Salvini and Berlusconi kneeling by Draghi to solve the gas emergency after having him shot in Parliament is simply pathetic, no less than the nostalgic gasps of the populist wing of the Democratic Party towards the Five Stars
The embrace until the end with the grillini and the renunciation of fighting for a proportional electoral law were two unforgivable mistakes of the Democratic Party - Now, to avoid giving Italy to the right, an electoral agreement with the Center is essential…
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
Di Maio leaves the M5S taking with him 60 parliamentarians for dissent with Conte on Russia and the ambiguities of the Five Stars towards the Government. The wide field of the Democratic Party is in crisis
The mayor of Rome Gualtieri wants to attack the waste emergency and proposes a waste-to-energy plant which is not only a crucial environmental choice but a challenge to the populist taboos of the Five Stars and part of the Democratic Party
Hard clash between Draghi and Conte on the increase in military spending: for the premier, international commitments, also signed by Conte at the time, do not touch each other, especially in times of war
The Court of Naples accepted the appeal of a group of Five Star activists who asked for the invalidation of the appointment of the former prime minister as leader of the Movement
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 shipwreck on the Zan bill and the anathemas launched against Renzi and Forza Italia are gathering menacing clouds over the Democratic Party in view of the election of the President of the Republic and the political elections: this is why
The call to "extreme bipolarity" launched by the secretary of the Democratic Party undermines the Draghi government and seems to prepare the ground for early political elections, by nominating the current prime minister for the Quirinale - This is why the test of the local elections in Rome becomes even more…
Predictably, the illusions of the Five Stars on the Citizenship Income have melted like snow in the sun, especially on the side of youth employment and the fight against unemployment - For this, small tweaks or diversions are not enough in the face of…
After the daring election as President of the Five Stars, Giuseppe Conte's departure in his new role was not the easiest: first the slide on Milan, then the rash words about the Taliban from which both the minister...
The former premier rejects Beppe Grillo's claims to remain the dominus of the Five Stars but does not completely close the door to possible mediations - "I don't have a plan B and I don't work against Draghi"
For the next administrative elections in Rome, the former Minister of Economy, Roberto Gualtieri, will lead the battle of the Democratic Party to reconquer the Capitoline Hill - the Governor of Lazio, Zingaretti, on the other hand, renounces to take the field after the decision of the former premier…
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…
In the end, the secretary of the Democratic Party and the leader of Italia Viva met in a meeting that was neither sweet nor bitter: personal resentments were set aside but political divisions remain - Agree in supporting the…
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.
INTERVIEW WITH MARCO BENTIVOGLI, former secretary general of the metalworkers of the Cisl and now coordinator of Base Italia - "In the report of the new secretary of the Democratic Party there are important signs of openness but the Democratic Party must be rebuilt by recovering the spirit of the Olive tree,…
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 GENNARO BEST, deputy of Italia Viva and former Undersecretary of Justice - "The political changes in the Five Stars and in the Democratic Party are the result of the failure of their previous political line that our initiative has put into…
The dismissal of the Conte government and the arrival of Mario Draghi lay bare all the uncertainties of the Zingaretti secretariat in a party divided between the desire to fully support the new government and to rediscover the reformist momentum and a wing that…
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…
With the vote of confidence granted by a large majority by the Senate and the Chamber, the Draghi government is fully empowered, but the landslide among the Five Stars is widening: 30 parliamentarians voted No and will be expelled -…
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…
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…
There are 8 reasons for the break between Italia Viva and the former government allies that derailed the exploration of Fico who went up to the Quirinale in the evening to put the exploratory mandate back in the hands of the President of the Republic…
According to a Winpoll-Il Sole 24 Ore poll, a possible Conte electoral list would become the first in the center-left and would take away many votes from both the Democratic Party and the Five Stars: what repercussions can these data have on the consultations and on the outcome of the crisis…
During the first day of exploration of Fico, the idea of a program contract emerges. On the names, both the Five Stars and the Democratic Party reiterate their preference for Conte premier but Iv asks to discuss first…
President Mattarella entrusts the President of the Chamber Fico with the task of exploring the possibility of reconstituting the government majority while the Five Stars, despite splitting, blow up the veto on Renzi as long as Iv says yes to Conte-ter, as they ask...
INTERVIEW WITH GIUSEPPE DE RITA, founder and president of Censis - "The arrival of the grillini to power has led to the denial of merit, to the upheaval of times to become an elite, one is worth one" - "The culture of …
The President of the Republic, who has started the consultations, will entrust the task of forming the new government to Conte only if the outgoing premier is able to find a "strong and cohesive" majority which for now does not exist, unless…
Conte frantically continues his search for defectors to avoid the Government's parliamentary rejection on the Bonafede report on Wednesday but Tabacci warns: "We need a Conte-ter to attract those responsible" - But the premier niche on his resignation - If Conte fails, the…
The prime minister who rediscovers Europeanism to hire some defectors to help his shaky majority is the same one who rejects the Mes and who took an act of faith in sovereignty at the UN assembly. But how many tunics does the people's advocate have?
In view of Monday's debate and confidence vote in the Chambers, the premier is trying to gather a group of about ten dissident MPs - whom some call "responsible" and others new Scilipoti - to shore up the majority...
Today Renzi will say whether he leaves the government and the majority or not, but Conte's either-or changes the cards on the table and brings the clash in Parliament closer, unless Mattarella intervenes - Four hypotheses in the field
In the eternal conflict between conservatives and innovators, it is not surprising that the entire ex PCI company - from D'Alema to Bersani, from Zingaretti to Bettini and Orlando - takes sides in defense of Conte, a champion of inaction and transformation, that the…
Conte will try to mend with Renzi and lay the foundations for his third government, but in the event of failure, Palazzo Chigi will change tenants: early elections remain highly unlikely - Renzi sets the deadline for December 28: either…
Today I vote in Parliament on the reform of the Mes, but it is on the Recovery that Conte risks, because Renzi, with the indirect support of Zingaretti and part of the Five Stars, asks the premier to cancel the cabin from the Budget Law ...
The Renzians abandon the majority meeting and reject the task force created by Conte to manage the Recovery Fund - But the hottest appointment of the week is Wednesday in Parliament, when the reform of the Mes will have to be voted on, which…
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
Dialogue with Berlusconi and Forza Italia in times of pandemic and in view of delicate parliamentary appointments is more than reasonable for the Government, but the Mediaset-saving shield arouses suspicions and bad thoughts on inopportune political exchanges after the…
The leader of Action and former minister of economic development in the Renzi and Gentiloni governments has decided to stand as a candidate in the next municipal elections in Rome in a centre-left coalition but without the Five Stars which for now support the…
On Sunday 20 and Monday 21 September there will be voting in 6 Regions with ordinary statute (Liguria, Veneto, Tuscany, Marche, Campania and Puglia) and in Val d'Aosta. Involved nearly 16 million voters. The stakes are highly political. Here are the…
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…
INTERVIEW WITH EMANUELE MACALUSO, historic leader of the former PCI left - "The Five Star initiative aims to delegitimize Parliament: it is the apotheosis of anti-politics that must be opposed by voting NO. Unfortunately, the Democratic Party swerves and Zingaretti is wrong to never leave the …
The motivations of the YES supporters in the referendum on the reduction of the number of parliamentarians are proving to be very weak because a house cannot be built starting from the roof rather than from the foundations
The proposals of the Minister of Labor to reduce working hours for the same salary and to relaunch the so-called generational relay ignore once again that if you really want to increase employment, you need investments and not shortcuts: the rest is…
INTERVIEW WITH BRUNO TABACCI, leader of the Democratic Center - "The number of parliamentarians is not a taboo but in the past the reduction proposals were anchored to the overcoming of equal bicameralism while now there is only the demagoguery of those who…
Contrary to what the grillini claim, the reduction of parliamentarians will not deal a blow to the true caste nor will it significantly reduce the costs of democratic institutions and the specious arguments put forward by the Democratic Party in support of a contradictory choice are surprising...
The grillina equation (fewer parliamentarians = more democracy and more efficiency) is a colossal hoax that must be dismantled by voting NO in the referendum to counter populism but also the opportunism and tactics of bad politics
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 Senate has approved a resolution in which the Government undertakes to use all "the tools already made available by the EU to deal with the health and socio-economic emergency", including the bailout fund - Many grillini voted…
INTERVIEW WITH BIAGIO DE GIOVANNI, philosopher and former MEP from the Pd area - "The Conte 2 government is of very poor quality but it is time for the Pd, in the midst of a leadership crisis, to come to terms with itself. Unfortunately…
Conte's idea of cutting VAT to try to revive consumption is only liked by the Five Stars and the Lega- Gualtieri is holding back - Bankitalia and Confindustria reject it - Pd and Italia Viva do not appreciate
The General States at Villa Pamphili were resumed with the illustration of the Colao project - The Government, which met the trade unions during the day, drew up its draft plan which, however, resembles a book of dreams: 55 points…
The anti-release decree approved last night by the Council of Ministers is not enough to clear Conte's table of the many troubles that the Five Stars are creating for him and which are making the Government shake - Here's why
The Five Stars, embarrassed by the Bonafede case and by the arrival of the Mes "unconditionally", blow up the compromise reached between Conte and the Renzians on the amnesty for migrants and make the stability of the…
Minister Bellanova, supported by IV and Pd, pushes to regularize up to 600 migrants and thus satisfy the immediate needs of workers in the countryside by beating illegal hiring and illegal employment, but the Five Stars, sensitive to Northern League sirens, do not…
In his briefing to Parliament on Thursday's European Council, the Premier remained vague and did not say a word about the deep recession that awaits us - But the market did not appreciate and the spread immediately…
The Five Stars conquer the leadership of Mps, Terna and Enav while the major public groups - from Enel to Eni and from Poste to Leonardo - renew almost all the presidencies but remain in the hands of the managers appointed by the…
A recent book by the constitutionalist Francesco Pallante brings the comparison between representative democracy and direct democracy back into the spotlight, tipping the balance in favor of the former
The Minister of Industry, distancing himself from the ambiguities of the same Five Stars from which he comes, has promised the entrepreneurs of Tuscany to consider geothermal energy as a strategic source. The test of truth will be on subsidies
The Economy Minister triumphs in the by-elections in central Rome and becomes deputy to replace Paolo Gentiloni - The collapse of the grillini is an advance notice of eviction to the Giunta Raggi
The Citizenship Income disappoints but Conte asks for understanding and hopes for unlikely future benefits - It is not clear why the Democratic Party follows him rather than allocating the RdC funds to concrete and visible growth measures which would be very…
the decline in GDP does not leave much hope for employment but the inversion of the relationship between permanent employees and fixed-term employees is striking: the primai continue to fall and the latter increase, reaching the highest number ever recorded and equal to 30…
Yes to the stability of the government but not to its immobilism, respect for Conte but no investiture of leader, no to embracing Pd, Leu and grillini, no to Emiliano and yes to Gualtieri: they are the polar stars from the line drawn by…
The Democratic Party would like to be a "new party" but for now it is a party on its knees which also on the prescription, as previously on the cut of parliamentarians, on the basic income, on Quota 100, goes in tow of the Five Stars
The government majority has found agreement on a new electoral law built on the German model - the Germanicum - which, however, is already causing discussion: Leu against the 5% barrier. Meanwhile, the filing of signatures with the Cassation has been surprisingly postponed...
The Government approves the bailout decree of the Banca Popolare di Bari through the financing of the central Mediocredito but rags fly between Renzians and the Cinque Stelle and the controversies also invest the Bank of Italy which authorized the Tercas operation -…
Barring new surprises, tonight the Council of Ministers should approve the decree that saves Banca Popolare di Bari before the reopening of the branches on Monday with the allocation of one billion through central Mediocredito - But the tensions…
