Sebastian Kurz was in Italy recently (Friday 14/09) to attend a large political event. Three out of the four local daily newspapers in the area did not bother announcing the arrival of the Austrian chancellor. Even stranger, none of Italy’s national media signalled, however briefly, the visit of a rather controversial head of government, from a […]
Renzi’s Last Call
Italy’s Democratic Party (PD), the exact equivalent of Labour in Britain, is in total disarray. It came second in the 4 March general election, way behind first-time winners Five Star: scoring 19 percent against 33 percent. Skewered. Utterly embarrassing; yet hardly surprising. PD got an astounding 40 percent in the 2014 EU elections. Now we […]