From the European Union’s (EU) point of view Brexit, the impending departure of the United Kingdom, is a pity but not a disaster. Britain never joined the euro, the common currency used by most EU members, and the English were always the awkward squad in the EU’s march towards an "ever closer union". Whereas the defection of Italy could threaten the EU’s survival.
Two and a half months after the election on March 4, Italy finally has a new government, led by political novice Giuseppe Conte. It is a bizarre coalition of the Five-Star Movement (M5S), a populist party of […]
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