Matteo Salvini

Matteo Salvini at a demonstration in Milan ahead of the European elections in May Italy has a new strongman, and for many, a new saviour. The effective head of the government in Rome is not the titular premier, Giuseppe Conte, nor the winner of the last elec…

Since becoming leader six years ago Matteo Salvini — Il Capitano as they call him — has transformed the radical-right... Read Full Article »

Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini at a news conference in Milan after the European Parliament elections, on May 27, 2019. (Reuters / Alessandro Garofalo) Matteo Salvinis diagnosis of what ails Italy is brutally simple: migrants from across the Mediterrane…

Fiat Chrysler will convert its Mack Avenue Engine factory into an assembly plant. The plant will build the next-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee and a new, large Jeep SUV. Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press A strong wind fills the sails of a potential Fiat Chry…

The possibility of a budget fight between Rome and Brussels is rattling investors again. Market participants dumped Italian government bonds, lifting their yields, in favor of safer assets this week on the growing danger of a clash over the Italian governme…

Pierre Moscovici, the EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, confirmed that a letter was on its way. I am going to exchange views with the Italian government on additional measures that might be required in order for them to be compliant with th…

This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Donate The European Union elections concluded over the weekend, with centrist parties losing dozens of seat while far-right and Green candidates made significant strides. In France, the far-right Nat…

European Union (EU) leaders are descending upon Brussels to formally begin the horse-trading over establishing parliamentary groupings and choose leaders of the continent's most powerful institutions. In discussions over dinner on Tuesday, presidents and pri…

MILAN Italy's victorious right-wing leader, Matteo Salvini, says the European elections have created "a new geography" of anti-elite sentiment in the EU. But it is far from certain that he will be able to forge a bloc from parties who are united around a stri…

Italian banks were hit as continuing anxiety over the countrys euroskeptic partys success in European elections sent sovereign bond yields surging. How did markets perform? The Stoxx 600 SXXP, -0.45%  fell 0.3% to 376.1 giving back Mondays gains of 0.2%.…