The most disturbing thing about the agony of political parties is that Western democracies have no other viable model to work with. Keeping track of politics in Italy has always challenged the talents of even the most seasoned pundit. Business Insider sums up the current situation: “Italy’s political stalemate shows no sign of easing,

Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday he would meet coalition partner and leader of the 5-Star Movement Luigi Di Maioamid speculation that the increasingly unwieldy government might collapse. “We will certainly meet,” said Mr Salvini, who heads the far-right League party. “The problem is not Di Maio, but opposition coming from many

SUPPORTERS of closer integration between EU member states are celebrating the controversial nomination for European Commission President of Ursula von der Leyn. The German defence minister once declared she wanted her grandchildren to grow up in a federal Europe and has made no secret of her hopes to see the

Greece’s new centre-right prime minister has vowed the country will “proudly raise its head again”. After New Democracy’s landslide victory on Sunday, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he would not fail to “honour the hopes” of the Greek people. The win comes four years after Alexis Tsipras’s leftist Syriza party swept to

Former Brexit department chief says leaving EU without a deal is not in UK’s interest The public should be worried about a no-deal Brexit, the former top civil servant at the Department for Exiting the European Union has said. In his first interview since retiring three months ago, Philip Rycroft, the former

Incumbent prime minister Alexis Tsipras, of Syriza, calls rival Kyriakos Mitsotakis to concede defeat Voters in Greece have given Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ centre-right New Democracy party a resounding mandate to form a new government after it won by a landslide over the incumbent leftwing Syriza party, which has ruled in coalition since 2015.

As Scandinavia shows, it does feature plenty of public ownership—but also a thriving economy. Global inequality is surging at an unprecedented pace. According to Oxfam, the world’s 26 richest people currently have the same amount of wealth as the poorest 3.8 billion—down from 61 people in 2016. As the rich get richer,

Police at the scene in Tower Hamlets, east London, on Saturday after a man was stabbed to death (Picture: PA) Donald Trump has once again attacked Sadiq Khan following further bloodshed in the capital. In the wake of five attacks in less than 24 hours in London, the US president

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe needs to push back against the far right, amid a political crisis that has claimed Austria’s government. Mrs Merkel made the remarks when asked about a scandal engulfing Austria’s anti-immigrant Freedom Party, whose leader Heinz-Christian Strache quit on Saturday as the government’s vice-chancellor. Mr

HERE ARE A couple of relatively safe bets you can make right now about the European parliamentary elections that commenced yesterday and will continue through the weekend. ONE IS THAT nationalist, populist, far-right parties will surge, winning up to a third of the seats in the contest. The other is that Steve