The rise and rise of Italy’s postmodern populist

The Berlusconi scandals point to a deeper malaise within Italy’s political elite, writes Geoff Andrews

04 Aug 09 | Comments (2)

The Mediterranean solution

Italy’s new system for processing asylum seekers offshore – with its echoes of Australia’s Pacific Solution – is generating unrest on the tiny island of Lampedusa, reports Annika Lems

10 Feb 09 | Comments (1)

The diaspora fights back

Rugby star David Campese, Victorian Labor MP Carlo Carli and Argentinean millionaire Luigi Pallaro (pictured) all took a keen interest in Italy’s experiment in democracy. But it looked a lot like politics as usual, reports James Panichi

04 Dec 08 | Comments (3)

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  • The election campaign showed how we don’t seem able to have a rational debate about population, writes Peter Mares

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  • The sudden rise to influence of the independent MPs is a challenge to the two-party system and how it’s reported, writes Peter Browne