Matteo Salvini

Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverage, see our hubSEVENTY YEARS ago this month Robert Schuman, the French…

ROME — The return home of an Italian aid worker who was held hostage by a terror group in Somalia seemed to offer a moment of good cheer for a nation struggling to cope with the coronavirus crisis. But claims that the government paid a ransom of millions of euros…

Deal in Italy on regularising migrant farm workers 6-mt permit on employer's application, with proof of past work 11 May, 16:20 ROME - A deal was reached in Italy at an overnight majority summit on regularising seasonal migrant farm workers but disagreement continued among the government partners. Workers will be…

Only one thing is certain about the post-pandemic world: there is no way back to the globalized economy that preceded it. Everything else is up for grabs, including the rise of China, the fate of the United States, and the survival of the European Union. GREGOR PETER SCHMITZ: You have…

A man serves take away food in a restaurant, in Ladispoli, a coastal town some 18 miles north of Rome on Saturday, May 9, 2020. ANDREW MEDICHINI/AP By CHICO HARLAN AND STEFANO PITRELLI | The Washington Post | Published: May 9, 2020 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the…

Smoke billows from a rooftop of the Regina Coeli prison in central Rome | Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images Center-right opposition parties, smelling blood, are calling for a vote of no-confidence in justice minister. ROME — Until last month, 85-year-old Franco Cataldo was serving a life sentence for his role…

Italy: deal on regularising migrant farm hands for 3 mts League leader Salvini says will take to streets if amnesty 07 May, 18:47 ROME - Talks between the farm, interior, labour, and south ministries are close to reaching a deal to regularise thousands of migrant farm labourers whose contracts have…

Pope Francis is calling for migrant farm workers to be treated with dignity amid the coronavirus crisisMay 6, 2020, 1:50 PM3 min readROME -- Migrant farm workers must be treated with dignity, Pope Francis said Wednesday, issuing his appeal as Italy weighs whether to legalize the workers amid a shortage…

Italy plans to give work permits to thousands of irregular migrants to help farms deal with the COVID-19 epidemic that has cut the flow of cheap labour from abroad, a political source said on Tuesday. The politically sensitive move, earlier reported in Italian media, was immediately attacked by right-wing opposition…

Frank Grobe, AfD MP, in the opening plenary session of the Hessian state parliament, May 5,2020. | Arne Dedert/PA. All rights reserved. In his recent article, Hans-Georg Betz writes that the German AfD is paralysed by the pandemic, and unable to provide any practical solutions, which, potentially, could lead to…