Tag: Beppe Grillo

Tuesday, December 6th 2016 - 09:15 UTC
Renzi told to remain until budget law is passed; calls for quick elections in Italy

Calls mounted on Monday from populist and other opposition leaders for quick elections in Italy, seeking to capitalize on Premier Matteo Renzi's humiliating defeat in a referendum on government-championed reforms. But President Sergio Mattarella told Renzi to stay in office a bit longer until a critical budget law is passed. Some officials say Parliament could pass that law as soon as the end of the week.
Monday, December 5th 2016 - 10:53 UTC
Italy's Rienzi resigns following rejection of his proposed constitutional reforms

Italian voters have dealt a serious defeat to the government of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. In a referendum Sunday, they rejected Renzi's proposed constitutional reforms, which would have changed the balance of power between the executive and Parliament.
Saturday, December 3rd 2016 - 08:03 UTC
Beppe Grillo, Italy's Donald Trump: “I say NO”

By Gwynne Dyer - “Today saying No is the most beautiful and glorious form of politics....Whoever doesn't understand that can go screw themselves.” It could have been Donald Trump before the US election two weeks ago, or Boris Johnson during the Brext campaign in Britain last June, but it was actually Beppe Grillo, founder and leader of Italy's populist Five Star Movement.
Monday, June 20th 2016 - 08:31 UTC
Anti -establishment Lady mayor for Rome: pledges to end corruption

An anti-establishment candidate has been elected Rome's first female mayor after Sunday's runoff elections in Italy. Thirty-seven-year-old lawyer Virginia Raggi led by a 2-1 margin over Premier Matteo Renzi's chosen candidate, Roberto Giachetti, who conceded defeat less than an hour after polls closed.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 07:29 UTC
Berlusconi emerges as the great saviour of the current Italian political stalemate

Silvio Berlusconi, the three-time prime minister and two-time convicted lawbreaker seems to be the great victor in Italy by out-manoeuvring rivals during an eight-week political stalemate and becoming the key figure in talks for a new coalition government.
Monday, April 22nd 2013 - 08:06 UTC
Berlusconi master-minds right-left agreement in support of President Napolitano’s re-election

The leader of Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, Beppe Grillo, criticised the re-election of President Giorgio Napolitano as a desperate attempt to retain power by a discredited establishment.
Friday, April 19th 2013 - 02:35 UTC
Italy’s political stalemate extends to the election of a new president

Italy's parliament failed to elect a new state president in the first two votes on Thursday with a centre-left rebellion against leader Pier Luigi Bersani torpedoing his official candidate and prolonging a political stalemate.
Thursday, March 28th 2013 - 09:40 UTC
“Only a mentally ill would want to govern Italy now” says frustrated Bersani

The head of Italy's centre-left bloc has hit an impasse in his efforts to form a government and said only a mentally ill person would want to govern Italy now. Pier Luigi Bersani was rebuffed by the anti-establishment Five Star Movement on Wednesday.
Friday, March 22nd 2013 - 02:32 UTC
Italy's Grillo asks for mandate to form government; Berlusconi available for any coalition

Italy's anti-establishment Five Star Movement has officially asked President Giorgio Napolitano for a mandate to form a new government. The party led by comedian Beppe Grillo won an unexpected 25% of the vote in elections last month and holds the balance of power.
Monday, March 18th 2013 - 07:53 UTC
Italian political deadlock could force another ballot by early June

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano appealed to political leaders to work together to form a government, but his appeal fell on deaf ears and pressure grew for a new poll after last month's deadlocked election. The situation is dominated by the ‘Grilusconi’ phenomenon which mustered a 55% protest vote.