Italian election: ousted PM Mario Monti calls for calm in markets - video
Italy's outgoing prime minister calls for calm in the financial markets following the results of the general election
View ArticleEurozone crisis as it happened: Italian political deadlock sends markets...
Stock markets across Europe have fallen sharply after Italy's general election leaves no party with control of the SenateGraeme WeardenNick Fletcher
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Italian election deadlock – Sicilian defence and other checkered moves
Everything you wanted to know about Italy's parliamentary stalemate but were afraid to askFollowing Monday's sensational election result, what happens next in Italy? Does it actually have a government...
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Italy's anti-austerity vote raises the spectre of a bailout
Current bond yields suggest a touching faith that a workable political fudge will emerge sooner or later. But what if it doesn't?Political deadlock could push Italy towards a bailout, the Capital...
View ArticlePolitics Weekly podcast: Liberal Democrats hold Eastleigh after torrid week...
The Liberal Democrats held onto the Hampshire seat of Eastleigh in a battle with their coalition partners that left the Conservatives reeling in third place. The result came after an extremely...
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We need a surreal fantasist like Beppe Grillo to rescue Italy, says...
The author tells Tom Kington in Rome that the comedian, who finds himself kingmaker of the Italian government, is taking his cues from medieval comics who bedevilled the powerfulWhat makes Beppe Grillo...
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Mario Monti: EU faces backlash over austerity measures
Italian premier warns EU leaders they are not acting fast enough to combat youth unemployment and revive flagging economiesItaly's outgoing prime minister has warned European leaders that the rigid...
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Italian leader Pier Luigi Bersani fails to form government
President Giorgio Napolitano takes back task of ending political paralysis as lack of firm result unsettles financial marketsAfter almost a week of fraught talks, dead-end meetings and irate exchanges,...
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Silvio Berlusconi reiterates call for grand coalition government in Italy
Former PM says 'no other solution' than a coalition including his own Freedom People party can break political deadlockSilvio Berlusconi has positioned himself as a benevolent statesman acting in the...
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A female head of state in Italy: what are the chances?
Deadlocked Italian politicians are facing mounting calls to install a woman in the president's office for the first timeIt's not often you see a woman in a red biretta – the square cap worn by Roman...
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Italian politicians go into conclave for crucial presidential election
As Giorgio Napolitano quits the Quirinale, the presidency has become a bargaining chip in the wider battle for a governmentItalian cinemas are this month showing a film about a bald librarian from the...
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The last stand of Italy's bankrupt political class | Alberto Toscano
A deal with the devil Berlusconi may shore up this dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. Can it last in a land pulsing with atomised rage?On Sunday a new government was formed in Italy. Led by Enrico Letta,...
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Italian women rise to positions of power under new prime minister
Enrico Letta continues the political revolution that began under Mario Monti by naming seven women in his 22-member cabinetJosefa Idem is not easily rattled. An international canoeist who won an...
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Italy's Five Stars lose their twinkle as ejection of MP sparks ugly row
Adele Gambaro is defiant after daring to criticise the party's ex-comedian leader Beppe Grillo. But critics say the affair shows the honeymoon is over for the barnstorming protest movementSitting in...
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Miss Italia and misogyny banned as state broadcaster cleans up its act
Italian beauty-contest ban by RAI chief Anna Maria Tarantola heralds end to era of women as showgirls or housewives on TVBeaming into the cameras as two middle-aged male presenters placed a silver...
View ArticleItaly election neck-and-neck between Berlusconi's right and Bersani's left
Earliest projections show Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition just ahead in Senate, contradicting exit pollsThe Italian general election has turned into a neck-and-neck race between right and...
View ArticleItalian elections: Mario Monti's centrist alliance set for fourth place
Outgoing prime minister once called 'Super Mario' failed to shine during campaign, say analystsWhile the implications of the election results were mired in uncertainty on Monday night, one thing was...
View ArticleItalian election: stalemate threat sends shivers through the eurozone
Poll cliffhanger brings fears that outgoing prime minister Mario Monti's austerity programme could be paralysedEuropean leaders particularly those in the single currency zone are eyeing the cliffhanger...
View ArticleItalian PM Enrico Letta's government in danger of collapse
Embattled leader challenges rivals including Matteo Renzi to 'lay their cards on the table'The government of embattled Italian prime minister, Enrico Letta, looked close to collapse as he dug in his...
View ArticleItaly election exit polls point to win for Bersani's centre-left coalition
First reports indicate strong support for alliance led by Pier Luigi Bersani's Democratic party and bloody nose for Mario MontiLIVE blog: follow all the latest on the Italian election resultItaly's...
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