Since becoming a comedian in the mid-1970s, the new national star of Italy’s act has turned steadily more political
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Italy halts austerity plan leaving EU in turmoil
Fears that deadlock will lengthen Italy’s two-year recession and spill over into rest of the eurozone hit markets across Europe
Italy’s centre-left reaches out to Beppe Grillo
Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani challenges the Five Star founder to bring his rising party into a new coalition
Italian election deadlock – Sicilian defence and other checkered moves
Everything you wanted to know about Italy’s parliamentary stalemate but were afraid to ask
I told you so
AS AN inconclusive result rekindles euro-zone jitters, the Economist correspondents pick through the chaos of Italy’s elections
Eurozone crisis live: Italian election deadlock
10.34am: The real stroy of Grillo’s success
Italy election sparks fresh fears for euro
Result projections point to a hung parliament as a former comedian leads the Five Star Movement to the national stage
Charlemagne: A dangerous mess
Amid the chaos of Italy’s election night, with projections contradicting exit polls and partial results confounding projections, three facts stood out
Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement becomes Italy’s election success story
Like Berlusconi in 1994, Grillo has succeeded by exploiting the most relevant medium of the day
Italy election neck-and-neck between Berlusconi’s right and Bersani’s left
Earliest projections show Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right coalition just ahead in Senate, contradicting exit polls