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  • Drawings and paintings by child migrants from an exhibition opening this week at Rome's National Gallery of Modern Art
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    Standoff on Migrants Splinters the EU

    Judith Harris(June 13, 2018)
    When 629 migrants were en route by sea to Italy on June 10, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini declared that no Italian port could accept them. "Saving lives is a duty, but turning Italy into Europe's refugee camp, no," he stated. Spain is to take them in, but the EU is splintered on this.
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    In the Eye of a Hurricane: Political Italy

    Judith Harris(May 29, 2018)
    The current political, fiscal and constitutional crisis in Rome, the most serious since the murder of Aldo Moro forty years ago, can only gather steam with the calling of new elections. With the collapse risk of its Palace of Justice and the results of the last administrative elections, the city of Bari in the meantime becomes the mirror of the current Italian political plight. The new elections set for June 10 will be a test of things to come.
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    Populist Government may Save Italy From Hasty new Elections

    Judith Harris(May 11, 2018)
    Until lunchtime Wednesday Italy seemed to be plunging into the year's second round of national general elections. But in a surprising turnabout, Silvio Berlusconi dropped his opposition to a populist government of the Five Star movement and the Lega. The irony is that "what couldn't be done in two months was in a couple of hours."
  • Italian Tv Host Fabio Fazio (L), Matteo Renzi
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    No Government in Sight 60 Days After Elections

    Judith Harris(May 02, 2018)
    Sixty days after national general elections in Italy, no government is in sight despite long and tense negotiations among the parties. As the politicians' tempers flare, the long-suffering President Sergio Mattarella is left to seek a way out of the impasse.
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    Risk of New Elections Loom Over Quirinal Talks

    Judith Harris(April 03, 2018)
    On Thursday, the second day of formal consultations in the Quirinal Palace, the risk of new elections continued to cast a shadow over the talks guided by President Sergio Mattarella. And in a changing Italy its youthful new Parliament just may prove unpredictable.
  • The Italian Senate
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    For the Old and New Pols, it's Still the Ides of March

    Judith Harris(March 28, 2018)
    For the old and new pols charged with running Italy, the Ides of March are still approaching, which is to say the day when one or the other is done in. At the moment all the players are still aiming knives at each other, even as deadlines loom.
  • Luigi Di Maio, Leader of the Five Star Movement
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    Shock Election Results Signify Dawn of 3d Republic

    Judith Harris(March 06, 2018)
    The shock waves of this election have swept away the entire political system that has managed Italy for the past two decades. Dominated by populist parties, this is now being called the dawn of Italy's Third Republic.

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