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Meloni rules out alliance with parties opposed to Ukraine support
The move poses a major challenge to the unity of the Italian right, whose parties are increasingly divided over the issue.
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Italy’s governing coalition splits over AfD victory
Salvini celebrated, Forza Italia strongly condemned the result, while Meloni remained silent amid concerns that it could strengthen AfD ally Roberto Vannacci.
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Matteo Salvini’s League heads towards a showdown over its leadership
Pressure on Salvini to change the League's political direction, and to give up at least part of his grip on its leadership, has been building for months.
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Salvini faces internal revolt as League struggles for its future
The challenge is coming from Lombardy, the League's historic heartland in northern Italy, where some of the party's most influential figures are openly telling him…
Vannacci officially launches Futuro Nazionale as lawmakers defect from Italy’s ruling right
He has presented the new party as a nationalist alternative to a government he argues has become too moderate on key issues.
Debate grows in Italy over stripping citizenship from foreign-born criminals
"Citizenship cannot be for life," said Deputy Prime Minister and League leader Matteo Salvini, who has presented the bill.
Meloni’s right-wing coalition defies polls to retain Venice in Italian local elections
Simone Venturini took around 51 per cent of the vote in the first round, ahead of centre-left rival Andrea Martella on 39 per cent.
Italy’s Dep PM Salvini urges EU fiscal flexibility amid rising energy costs and inflation
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has renewed his call for the European Union to ease fiscal constraints, arguing that current budget rules limit governments’…
Italy Deputy PM Salvini signals shift away from Trump but faces internal resistance
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and League party leader Matteo Salvini is reconsidering his political alignment with US President Donald Trump.
Umberto Bossi, founder of Lega, dies: Shaper of Italy’s right-wing revolution
Umberto Bossi, the founder of Lega, has died at the age of 84 in Varese, north-western Lombardy.
Italy forced to pay Sea Watch despite illegal docking with migrants in Lampedusa
The Italian state must pay over €76,000 to the German NGO Sea Watch after the detention of its vessel Sea Watch 3 in 2019 was ruled unlawful.
Analysis: Italy targets radical Left and Hamas-linked groups
Violent clashes erupted in Italy over the weekend of December 20-21 after police moved to evict Askatasuna, a long-standing hard-Left social centre in Turin.
Italian Deputy PM acquitted by Supreme Court of kidnapping charges
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has won his case at the Italian Supreme Court regarding accusations of kidnapping migrants, which could have resulted…
Italian PM Meloni in the crosshairs? Alleged plot sparks political storm
An alleged plot to topple Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in favour of a centre-left coalition is shaking Italian politics.
With the bridge, Salvini seeks to revive Italy’s Lega party
When Italy’s prosecutors temporarily blocked construction of the bridge connecting Sicily with the mainland on October 29, the decision immediately shook the government.
Italian Government ordered to compensate illegal boat migrants
Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government must compensate a group of illegal migrants who were stranded aboard the Coast Guard ship Diciotti from 16…
Incidents across Italy’s rail network lead to suspicions of sabotage
Magistrates of the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office are investigating a series of incidents on the Italian railways suspecting potential sabotage.
Italian left-wing judiciary under fire regarding political criticisms of PM Meloni
A top Italian magistrate has faced criticism after sending an email where he described Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as "dangerous" due to her political…
Italy approves bill criminalising surrogate motherhood
Italian lawmakers have approved a bill making surrogate motherhood a "universal crime".
Waging lawfare: Italian prosecutors try to imprison a democratically-elected leader
In 2019 Matteo Salvini, then Italy’s Interior Minister, blocked a boat from the pro-migrant NGO Open Arms charity from docking in Italy.
Italian prosecutor demands six years jail for Deputy PM Salvini over migrant disembarkations
Italy's public prosecutor has demanded a six-year prison term for Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Lega party leader Matteo Salvini for allegedly having prevented…
Italy detains NGO ship Geo Barents for 60 days
Italian authorities have fined NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) €3,330 and detained its ship the Geo Barents for 60 days after it brought 191 migrants to Italy.
Meloni holds 11th hour telephone conversation with von der Leyen ahead of reappointment vote
Giorgia Meloni has taken a high-stakes poker game with Ursula von der Leyen to the last round, as the two spoke by telephone yesterday evening about Fratelli D'Italia…
For Italy’s PM Meloni and Salvini’s right-wing Lega, migration is vote-hunting territory
For both Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her “frenemy” coalition partners to the Right, June's European Parliament election will be largely about migration.
Italy’s Deputy PM Salvini blasts EC ‘madness’ over ITA-Lufthansa airlines deal
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and transport minister Matteo Salvini is not amused with European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager's objections to German airline Lufthansa's…
EP vote likely to shore up PM Meloni’s Fratelli as Italy’s lead party
June's European Parliament elections will be an important test for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia party -- one that will most likely confirm…
Italian PM Meloni’s party suffers regional election setback
Minister Giorgia Meloni’s centre-right bloc suffered a setback after the island of Sardinia elected a left-wing president.
Italian PM Meloni’s party suffers regional election setback
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's centre-right bloc suffered a setback after the island of Sardinia elected a left-wing president.
Italian Army General suspended and demoted over controversial book
Italian Army General Roberto Vannacci has been suspended from employment for 11 months over a "lack of a sense of responsibility" regarding a book he published last…
Sardinia election campaign pulls in national heavyweights
Sardinia, Italy On the island of Sardinia, a small regional election is drawing national attention.