One is that the party structure is new. You have a lot of new parties and movements in this electio…

Mario Monti, an unelected technocrat, has been relatively successful in pushing through economic re…

COULD MR BERLUSCONI REALLY WIN? As the Italian elections (24-25 February) approach, concern that s…

It turns out there's a reason the agency does this, and partner Jessica Walsh explained it in a vid…

The bankers, central bankers, and German politicians who were hoping for an easy continuation of re…

This gets to a deeper point. As some people who work for Berlusconi's party explained to me, the wh…

Boston pulled out over financial concerns and the residents of Hamburg voted against that city's bi…

During his trip, Biden also met with a host of foreign leaders — including Italian Prime Minister M…

But the politician that a lot of folks are watching is Beppe Grillo, the head of his own "Five Star…

This point can further be proven by making two additional observations. Italy replaced its Prime Mi…

I think the Cyprus deal as it stands a big deal indeed, mostly in terms of bad signaling (as the on…

It was Silvio Berlusconi's ouster in late 2011 that allowed Italian borrowing costs to come down, p…

The whole tax only raised about $4 billion last year, but as a show of Italy's attempt to be on boa…

But for another thing, the election has big implications for Europe, and it basically all comes dow…

Outside observers are terrified about Italy’s election, and rightly so: even if the nightmare of a …

Finally, as we highlighted recently, Europe is clearly cheap both on a top-down cyclically adjusted…

Rome, Italy — It's my last night here in Italy, so I went out for one last meal, and while I was at…

Out of the two main poles is very strong the hilarious chamberlain of Genoa , that consensus of wel…

As Emmanueal Letta -- the second in command of the left party -- just explained to a packed room of…

Were he to gain a sizable block in the upcoming parliament, he represents a pretty serious threat. …