Matteo Salvini

Unless he decides to quit, Viktor Orbán will remain in the European People’s Party (EPP) for at least one more year as the centre-right group’s assembly yesterday did not find the proper majority to expel the Hungarian Fidesz party. The membership of Orbán’s Fidesz party in the EPP was temporarily…

With Brexit, the European Union has lost one of its largest member states, and now must decide what kind of future relationship to pursue with the United Kingdom. Fortunately, beyond trade, there is a broad range of issues on which the two parties can cooperate. BERKELEY – The European Union…

ROME - A Spanish charity boat with 363 rescued migrants aboard is appealing to be allowed to dock at a port so it can let passengers disembark after several days in the Mediterranean Sea.  Gerard Canals, head of the Open Arms mission, on Saturday also expres…

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s ruling 5-Star Movement faces the prospect of desertions and ruinous splits which may be impossible to stem at a spring congress, party officials are warning. FILE PHOTO: Vito Crimi, the 5-Star Movement's new caretaker leader, talks with the media in front of Italy's parliament during a…

In considering whether to expel the increasingly illiberal Fidesz party, the European People's Party must not allow Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to hold himself out as a representative of Christian Democracy. True Christian Democrats reject chauvinistic nationalism and have been indispensable to European integration. PRINCETON – For years, a…

A charity ship carrying hundreds of people rescued in the Mediterranean said on Tuesday it had received permission to dock in Italy. Germany and France will take in some of the 403 migrants aboard the ‘Ocean Viking’ ship, run by the French NGO SOS Mediterranee, with Ireland and Luxembourg also…

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - A charity ship carrying hundreds of people rescued in the Mediterranean said on Tuesday it had received permission to dock in Italy as European governments tried to agree where the migrants should go. The relocation of resc…

The sound defeat of the far-right Northern League in one of Italy's wealthiest and most liberal regions during Sunday's regional elections was reassuring news for the fractious centrist government in Rome, experts told Newsweek. Questions about the coalition's viability remained, as one of the two key partners in the ruling…

Jan.27 -- Matteo Salvini suffered a stinging defeat in a key regional vote. It provides a much needed boost to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s fragile government. Salvini had hoped that taking Emilia-Romagna would deal a fatal blow to Conte, forcing early national elections that his League Party would likely win.…

Jan.27 -- Matteo Salvini suffered a stinging defeat in a key regional vote. It provides a much needed boost to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s fragile government. Salvini had hoped that taking Emilia-Romagna would deal a fatal blow to Conte, forcing early national elections that his League Party would likely win.…