Tag: Sergio Mattarella
End of the truce in Italy – opinion
For sixteen months, since the general elections, the truce between Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella held. Now the state’s two most important representatives have clashed for…
Italy: Dispute over police violence comes to a head – politics
Politicians and the public in Italy are increasingly alarmed by the growing violence at rallies on the country’s streets. The debate began with unauthorized pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Pisa and Florence.…
Steinmeier: Migration needs common European regulations – politics
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is calling for a European solution to the migration problems in Germany and many other countries. “It doesn’t work without common European rules,” he said during…
Italy: Meloni pushes through anti-mafia commission candidate – Politics
Despite his 81 years, Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella puts in an enormous workload. He gives a groundbreaking speech practically every day, and his importance is far greater than that of…
Giorgia Meloni receives government contract in Italy – politics
It should be fast – but so fast? After days of confusion in the Italian legal camp, Giorgia Meloni received the order from President Sergio Mattarella on Friday to form…
New elections in Italy: Mattarella initiates dissolution of parliament – politics
Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella ordered the dissolution of both chambers of parliament after the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi. He signed a corresponding decree, Mattarella said on Thursday evening…
Government crisis in Italy: Mario Draghi offers to resign again
Draghi’s only way out of the crisis In a dramatic hour of parliament, Mario Draghi wrestles with the future of Italy. The prime minister wants to save the government and…
Is Mario Draghi resigning? – Politics
Italy is slipping into a government crisis with no readily foreseeable solution. In a vote in the Senate on Thursday, not all partner parties expressed their confidence in Prime Minister…
Obituary of Letizia Battaglia, Italy’s greatest photographer – Media
Letizia Battaglia was often the first to arrive at the crime scene. If the blood was still warm, the police weren’t there yet. And the men watched as this reporter,…
Italy: The legal alliance falls apart – politics
Italians are now realizing that status quo is not necessarily the same as standing still. After the re-election of President Sergio Mattarella, which automatically also meant Mario Draghi’s remaining as…