Matteo Salvini

Italy's new coalition government has been hailed as good news for Europe, as a more Brussels-friendly lineup replaces the populist coalition in which right-wing leader Matteo Salvini and his euro-skeptic League held considerable sway. But unless European cou…

ROME Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte forged a new coalition government Wednesday that teams up the populist 5-Star Movement and center-left Democrats in an unusual alliance of rivals to banish for now the specter of early election that likely could have seen t…

Matteo Salvini, the leader of Italys popular far-right party the League, was ousted from power last week amid the formation of a new coalition government between the Five Star Movement and the center-left Democratic Party (PD), replacing the Five Star-League …

The persistence of low inflation across advanced economies has led central banks into the realm of zero and even negative policy rates, with the result that government borrowing (and thus spending) is now free. Populist politicians find themselves right at ho…

The Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has informed President Sergio Mattarella that he will form a new coalition government with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) and Democratic Party (PD) after the two agreed on a joint policy program. The …

The Latest on Italian government politics (all times local): 3:40 p.m. The Italian presidential palace says Premier Giuseppe Conte has formed a new government, a coalition of the populist 5-Star Movement and left-leaning Democrats that shuts out of power ri…

ROME (AP) Political leaders say they’ve put the final touches on Italy’s next government, which will shut out right-wing firebrand Matteo Salvini and his anti-migrant League. Premier-designate Giuseppe Conte is expected to report back soon to Italy’s preside…

ROME (Reuters) - Italy’s head of state is set to sign off on a new government on Wednesday after two rival political parties agreed an unlikely coalition that is expected to improve ties with the European Union and adopt a softer stance on immigration. Prim…

In Italy, a ruling coalition is finally being shaped after the 5-Star Movement approved a pact with their former political foes, the Democratic Party. In an online poll yesterday, nearly 80 percent of the 5-Star's grassroots members voted in favour of forming…

Italian authorities have impounded a charity rescue vessel and fined its crew €300,000 for entering the port in Lampedusa illegally. The Mare Jonio was seized on the southern Italian island and fined under a security decree drawn up by outgoing far-right int…