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Spain to accept migrant ship rejected by Italy
It is our duty to avoid a humanitarian catastrope, Spain’s new prime minister declared today, as he agreed to allow a stranded ship with 629 migrants on board a safe port, amid a diplomatic storm. Italy and Malta had turned the rescue ship away, despite warnings from aid agencies that it would run out of…
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Italy’s hard-right minister says he’ll deport migrants en masse
The markets have calmed down after last week mainly because the new government has shelved some of its more outlandish economic programmes, like getting the ECB to write off 250 billion euros of debt or indeed sneaking Italy out of the euro. Remember, Italy isn’t just Europe’s fourth largest economy, it is a founding member…
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Giulia Lagana, Open Society European Policy Institute: ‘Italy is becoming a very racist country’
Giulia Lagana is from a foundation which lobbies the EU on migration rights. She was previously migration adviser to the president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and served on the UN Committee for Refugees.
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Populist and nationalist parties take power in Italy
Immigration has, of course, played heavily in the politics of Italy for the last few years. Today two parties who’ve campaigned on the issue formed a new coalition government, led by a political novice, with a pledge to move millions of Italians out of poverty.
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Italy on the edge of crisis: Should Europe be scared?
Share prices across Europe have slumped over the latest political turmoil in Italy – with more elections expected within months. Attempts by the populist Five Star and League parties to form a governing coalition collapsed after the Italian president rejected the choice of a leading euro-sceptic as economy minister. The technocrat Carlo Cottarelli has…
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Italy heads to the polls
Matt Frei is live from Italy, where the country is voting in a general election.
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Fascism in Italy: The hipster fascists trying to bring Mussolini back into the mainstream
The resurgence of movements inspired by Fascism have been very much part of Italy’s chaotic electoral campaign. The combination of a struggling economy and the mass influx of migrants and refugees in recent years have created fertile ground for ultra-nationalistic rhetoric. Channel 4 News spent time with a tiny but ambitious political party called CasaPound which…
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Two dead and 2,000 homeless after Italy earthquake
First they pulled a seven-month-old baby alive from the rubble. Then firefighters found his two older brothers, working through the night to rescue the children after an earthquake damaged homes and buildings on the Italian island of Ischia. At least two people were killed in the quake, which struck yesterday evening on the popular holiday…
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Ambassador Pasquale Terracciano: ‘Italy cannot cope with migrant crisis’
Italian Ambassador to the UK, Pasquale Terracciano, says the UN has conceded that his country cannot cope on its own with the migrant crisis. He says without European solidarity, Italy’s ports will be overwhelmed.
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Italy: effects on eurozone
As we’ve said, Italy’s political problems could have wider implications for the entire Eurozone.
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Italy: Five Star Movement interview
Interview with Manlio Di Stefano, an MP from Italy’s Five Star Movement.
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Italy: Renzi resigns after referendum
So first Britain, now Italy. No EU membership at stake this time, but the Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, has followed David Cameron’s example and resigned after losing a referendum over his plans for constitutional reform.
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Italy referendum result looms
The future of Italy’s government – and it’s fragile economy – depend on the referendum result.
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Italy referendum could have big consequences across Europe
Italians go to the polls tomorrow to vote on key political changes – in a referendum which could spark economic turmoil. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi says he’ll resign if he loses – and that’s sending jitters through financial markets. One former government economist has told this programme a no vote could bankrupt already fragile banks…
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Migrant crisis: Italy’s north-south divide over immigration
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi could offer incentives to northern cities who accept more migrants in an attempt to quell an anti-immigration row brewing between the north and south.
