Tag: Enrico Letta

• Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:19 UTC

  Fears that Salvini might pull Italy out of the European Union

  

  Matteo Salvini, who has plunged Italy into turmoil by pulling out of a coalition government, could eventually take the country out of the EU, a former prime minister warned on Sunday.

• Saturday, October 19th 2013 - 15:50 UTC

  Italian Senate votes in November to expel Berlusconi and bar him from politics for six years

  

  Milan court ruled that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office for two years following a conviction for tax fraud. But, since Berlusconi is a senator, the court's decision will have no immediate effect and his expulsion from the Senate will depend on a separate vote in the upper house of parliament, expected to take place next month.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 06:39 UTC

  Berlusconi U turn saves Italian coalition but could mark the beginning of his demise

  

  Silvio Berlusconi backed away from his threat to topple Italy’s coalition government in a humiliating political climb down on Wednesday that could fatally weaken his 20-year grip on Italian politics. The billionaire former prime minister was forced into the last minute U-turn by a revolt that threatened to shatter his conservative party.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2013 - 07:22 UTC

  Divided Berlusconi party could save PM Letta’s coalition in confidence vote

  

  Leading figures in Silvio Berlusconi's own party have defied him by calling on MPs to back the Italian coalition government in a confidence vote. Angelino Alfano, Berlusconi's deputy and secretary of People of Freedom, urged the party to unite behind Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Wednesday.

• Sunday, August 4th 2013 - 21:04 UTC

  Berlusconi supports coalition despite his court setback and conviction for tax fraud

  

  Centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi has affirmed that Italy's shaky government, a coalition of his party with the centre left, must continue despite severe tensions after the Supreme Court confirmed his conviction for tax fraud.

• Friday, May 3rd 2013 - 02:24 UTC

  EU “nightmare of unemployment” debate reaches ECB, which cuts rates to record low 0.5%

  

  The European Central Bank cut interest rates to a new record low on Thursday amid a chorus of calls for the Euro zone to focus on growth to end a “nightmare of unemployment” in the bloc. It was the first cut in ten months.

• Monday, April 29th 2013 - 06:15 UTC

  Technician Saccomanni will be responsible for Italy’s economy

  

  Italy's new government line-up brings together personalities from across the political spectrum, from Silvio Berlusconi's apparent successor to a crime fighter and a militant feminist from the radical party. Some of the key names of the ‘grand coalition’ members tasked with tackling the social and economic crisis in recession-hit Italy-.

• Monday, April 29th 2013 - 06:10 UTC

  With Berlin’s blessing EU begins new track arguing “austerity option exhausted”

  

  Europe is expected to accelerate a shift away from its austerity-first agenda this week as the new Italian government changes course and a German-Spanish investment pact underscores a renewed focus on combating record unemployment. This comes on the background of much criticized statements from European Commission president Jose Barroso who said ‘austerity was over’.