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Farage wraps up his European Parliament group faster than Le Pen…thanks to a Front National defector

June 19, 2014

Nigel Farage has managed to form a new Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) group in the European Parliament. The group comprises 48 MEPs from seven EU member states. The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats and the Latvian Farmers’ Union both joined for…

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Farage, Five Star Movement, Front National, Grillo, Korwin-Mikke, Le Pen, UKIP, wilders

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Farage suffers another defection: can he still put together a group in the European Parliament?

June 17, 2014

With the deadline for the registration of European Parliament political groups set to expire early next week (the European Parliament’s equivalent of a transfer window), even the moves of individual MEPs can be decisive.Nigel Farage suffered an unexpec…

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AEF, ECR, EFD, european parliament, Farage, Five Star Movement, Grillo, Le Pen, UKIP, wilders

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Grillo joins Farage, but UKIP’s group in the European Parliament is not a done deal yet

June 13, 2014

Now it’s official: Italy’s anti-establishment Five-Star Movement will try to form an alliance with UKIP in the new European Parliament. Beppe Grillo launched an online survey of Five-Star members and activists on his blog yesterday, and 78% of votes we…

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EP2014, european parliament, Farage, Five Star Movement, Front National, Grillo, italy, Le Pen, UK;, UKIP

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Meet Podemos, the great newcomer of the European elections

May 27, 2014

The European Parliament elections have dealt a blow to Spain’s traditional two-party system. Together, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s Partido Popular (PP) and the opposition Socialist Party (PSOE) won 49% of votes. In 2009, their combined score was 80….

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#EUReform, EP elections, EP2014, Five Star Movement, Grillo, Podemos, Rajoy, Rubalcaba, Spain

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Italian government on the brink (again): Has Renzi’s hour come?

February 12, 2014

‘Staffetta’ is the most used word in the Italian media these days. It literally means ‘relay’, and it refers to thepossibility of Prime Minister Enrico Letta handing over power to a new coalition government led by Matteo Renzi – the Mayor of …

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berlusconi, eurozone, eurozone crisis, Five Star Movement, Grillo, Italian elections, italy, Letta, Renzi

And Italy’s new President is…the old one! What happens next?

April 22, 2013

It took the Italian parliament almost three days and six ballots to elect a new President of the Republic. Well, newish. Incumbent Giorgio Napolitano, who will turn 88 in June, eventually caved in to pressure and agreed to serve a second term. This is …

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berlusconi, Bersani, euro, eurozone, Five Star Movement, Grillo, Italian elections, italy, Napolitano

The election of the new Italian President: Has Silvio just scored another one?

April 18, 2013

The Italian parliament starts voting to elect the new President of the Republic today. Centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani has agreed with Silvio Berlusconi and Mario Monti to back the candidacy of Franco Marini – an 80 years old, pipe-smoking former…

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berlusconi, Bersani, Five Star Movement, Grillo, Italian elections, Italian President, italy, monti

How many wise men does it take to fix Italian politics?

April 3, 2013

Markets remain deceptively calm as uncertainty rumbles on in Italy. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has created two commissions, now known as the ‘wise-men’, which will seek to find some common ground between the various political parties in …

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Beppe Grillo, berlusconi, Bersani, eurozone, eurozone crisis, Five Star Movement, Italian elections, Italian President mandate, italy

A grand coalition with Silvio is hard to swallow for Bersani, but…

March 26, 2013

The leader of Italy’s centre-left Democratic Party, Pier Luigi Bersani, is in an unenviable position right now. He has been asked by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano to go and meet pretty much everyone (trade unions, employers’ associations, politi…

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berlusconi, Bersani, euro, eurozone crisis, Five Star Movement, Grillo, Italian elections, italy

Beppe Grillo demands Five-Star Movement government and euro referendum

March 21, 2013

Remember Italy? Looking unusually smart in his dark suit, Beppe Grillo, along with some of his Five-Star Movement colleagues, this morning opened the second day of talks with President Giorgio Napolitano on forming the new Italian government….

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berlusconi, Bersani, euro referendum, eurozone, eurozone crisis, Five Star Movement, Grillo, italy

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