Germany’s Eike Schmidt is considering accepting a call from the far-right Brothers of Italy to try to wrest the Tuscan capital from the left, where it has governed for almost five decades. ‘Nothing’s been decided,’ he tells EL PAÍS
The Forza Italia politician, a junior minister in the Giorgia Meloni government, has been indicted for the alleged theft of a painting by Rutilio Manetti, a renowned 17th-century artist
The International Organization for Migration warns of a humanitarian emergency due to the significant amount of victims; at least 3,863 people lost their lives last year trying to cross a European border
Prosecutors are investigating why a revolver in possession of Brothers of Italy MP Emmanuele Pozzolo went off, hitting the son-in-law of a member of the security team who was there with a junior justice minister
New deportation laws in the EU and debates about immigration in the United Kingdom and the United States will mark the 2024 election calendar. Nationalists and populists appear to be advancing their agenda in the West
After the Italian influencer was fined for promoting a product for false charitable purposes, other dubious campaigns are beginning to come to light
In the last twelve months, we have witnessed the political and regulatory tightening of the worst impulses against migrants around the world. It will be difficult for us to reverse this drift
The tycoon’s descent into the pit of far-right hoaxes has been crystallized on social media. His identity crisis seems to have been marked by financial interests and personal issues
Giorgia Meloni’s far right party has drawn up a controversial guest list for its debating jamboree in Rome
Prime Minister Meloni’s administration wants to evict Spin Time — the largest community center in the country — from its location. The organization shelters 450 vulnerable people and functions as a branch of Rome’s social services
The murder of a young university student by her ex-partner has led to an unusual level of awareness about violence against women. This is occurring as a dramatic comedy about female emancipation is sweeping a country that, for the first time in history, is led by a woman
Contrary to what history dictates, political power is better in women’s hands. But it’s not just political power; economic power can also be part of the conversation
The Italian prime minister often quotes the British author, creator of ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ whose works marked the youth movement of the neo-fascist MSI
Denmark and Britain, which tried to relocate some asylum-seekers to Rwanda before an appeals court intervened, have so far failed to implement similar measures
Several non-governmental organizations have criticized the overall legislation as threatening migrants’ rights and considering them ‘as nothing more than potential labor’
Surveys from the most recent elections in Argentina, Poland, Brazil and Spain confirm that women vote less for extreme parties, as noted by many academic studies
Fears are high of a resumption of the violence that has marked their relations since Kosovo unilaterally broke away from Serbia in 2008
The club remains split between those that support Brussels’ initiatives focused on distributing migrants between members and those countries, like Hungary or Poland, whose far-right governments consider the influx of outsiders a threat
The return on the U.S. Treasury bond reaches nearly 5%, its highest level since 2007, while the German bond hovers close to 3%, unseen since 2011
Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni tries to tighten European regulations on crisis situations to show her voters severity in the face of increasing irregular arrivals
‘We must all fight for freedom, in a time that still sees trans people suffering terrible violence, a time when children of same-sex couples are not considered their children, a time when minority voices are attacked by new laws,’' Versace said
Italy’s presidential palace says the first former Communist to rise to Italy’s presidency, has died. Napolitano was also the first person to be elected twice to the presidency
The southern island of Lampedusa was again overwhelmed last week by a wave of arrivals from Tunisia, and the migration issue returned to center stage in Europe with talk of a naval blockade
The head of Giorgia Meloni’s health portfolio, the prolific doctor Orazio Schillaci, signed at least eight works with manipulated images between 2018 and 2022
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the creation of new Identification and Expulsion Centers after the island received a record-breaking 12,000 migrants in just four days
The comments come after a week in which more than 6,000 people arrived within a day on the island of Lampedusa from Tunisia
The leader of the Lega Nord defends the military officer who wrote the book, while the defense minister, who is a very close ally of the prime minister, condemns him