Analysis-Italy’s Meloni faces reality check as migrant flows rise relentlessly
By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Just as King Canute failed to hold back the seas, so Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has floundered in her efforts to…
By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Just as King Canute failed to hold back the seas, so Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has floundered in her efforts to…
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Before Italian nationalist leader Giorgia Meloni won power in September, German news magazine Stern put her on its front cover with the headline: “The…
By Angelo Amante and Joanna Plucinska ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s new right-wing government has shown it is prepared to put sound finances ahead of national pride by revamping plans to…
By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Attacks by Italy’s new government on the European Central Bank over its plans to raise borrowing costs may be a sign of things to…
By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) – Dropping a plan to boost small cash payments is the smart thing for Italy to do – the measure could not have stopped the…
By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) – Having spent much of her career railing against bureaucrats and financial elites, Italy’s new right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni now has…
By Gavin Jones and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s new prime minister Giorgia Meloni needs urgently to rein in a bloated pension system which absorbs most social spending and…
By Gavin Jones ROME – Innovative incentives for people to green up their homes revived Italy’s construction sector last year, boosted its economy and drew international praise. A few months…
By Gavin Jones ROME – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is likely to have a hard time controlling his coalition, politicians and analysts warn, after relations within and among the…