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  • Vice-President of the Council and Minister of the Interior
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    Matteo Salvini at the Foreign Press Association in Rome

    Judith Harris(December 12, 2018)
    Matteo Salvini will shortly visit the United States, he told a crowded hall of foreign journalists at the Foreign Press Association Dec. 10. While calling for regular and regularly controlled immigration, he said, "My priority is the 5 million Italians living in poverty."
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    Looking Ahead, Nervously, to Political 2018

    Judith Harris(December 14, 2017)
    As the year winds down, Italy looks ahead nervously to political 2018, when national general elections may take place as early as March. The predicted three-way split is almost certain to make forming a new government a challenge.
  • Donald Trump speaking at a campaign rally
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    Trump's Victory As Seen by the Italian Media: A "Nightmare Come True" or "The Revenge of the People"?

    Umberto Piscopo(November 10, 2016)
    Donald Trump’s electoral victory created much clamor in Italy as elsewhere. Two subjects seem to be particularly relevant to the Italian public opinion as reflected by the country’s major media outlets: the populist revolt against the establishment and the disconnection of pundits and opinion makers from the true feelings of “the ordinary people.” A cursory look at these first reactions shows both the differences and some striking similarities between the US and Italian political debates.