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Grimsby seafood blow as Icelandic firm pulls UK operations after racking up huge losses

Icelandic Seafood International had merged Havelok and a West Yorkshire operation on the former Five Star site as Covid hit

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Populism isn’t over. It’s getting an upgrade

Brexit and Trump collided with reality. But rising conservatives like Italy’s Giorgia Meloni are more serious about power

Financial Times

Soup kitchens full as battle rages over Italy's poor

Salerno (Italy) (AFP) - Mario Conte's Salerno soup kitchen serves 140 hot meals every day but as soaring inflation hits Italy's poverty-stricken south, he is struggling to keep up with demand.

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Italy’s Election Paradox

America and the EU should root for a far-right populist.

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Naples lays bare fall of Italy's Five Star

Naples (Italy) (AFP) - Vincenzo Zoppi leans over the balcony of his cramped Naples apartment, surveying his impoverished neighbourhood he says has been betrayed by Italy's politicians.

AFP

As populism plummets in Europe, fascism once again rears its ugly head to fill the void

The anti-parties that captured the public imagination in Italy and Spain are losing their grip — and disaffected voters are moving to the right.

Crikey

Italy’s loss of Mario Draghi is a warning to progressives across Europe – and to the EU

The prospect of the far right taking power underlines the failure of technocratic government – and the need for true alternatives, says Italian philosopher Lorenzo Marsili

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Italy to hold September elections after PM Draghi resigns

Rome (AFP) - Italy's President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament Thursday, triggering early elections which could bring the hard right to power after the country's warring parties toppled reformer Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

AFP

Snap elections called in Italy after Draghi resigns

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Italy's Draghi resigns, paving way to snap elections

Rome (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned Thursday after the country's fractious parties torpedoed his national unity government, kicking off a snap election campaign which could bring the hard right to power.

AFP

Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigns plunging country into fresh political turmoil

President Sergio Mattarella has asked Mr Draghi to continue as an interim prime minister

Evening Standard

What is next for Italy after Prime Minister Draghi’s resignation?

The collapse of Draghi’s government opens the way for early elections in autumn.

Al Jazeera

Departure of Italian PM Draghi opens 'period of uncertainty' in Europe

The resignation of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will open a "period of uncertainty" and mark the loss of a "pillar of Europe," France's European affairs minister said on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

Italy’s president dissolves parliament, paving way for early elections

Italy's President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament on Thursday, triggering a snap election, hours after Prime Minister Mario Draghi handed in his resignation amid a split in his ruling coalition.

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AFP

Last hours for Italy's Draghi after coalition implodes

Rome (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi was expected to resign Thursday after efforts to bring the country's fractious parties to heel failed, kicking off a snap election campaign before the government had even fallen.

Financial Times

Draghi on brink after coalition partners withdraw backing

Italian prime minister set to quit as League, Forza Italia and Five Star say they will boycott confidence vote

AFP

Draghi on last legs as bid to save Italy government fails

Rome (AFP) - Italy's popular Prime Minister Mario Draghi was on the brink on Wednesday after three parties refused to back him, foiling efforts to resolve a crisis now expected to lead to his resignation and snap elections.

AFP

Italy fate in parties' hands after Draghi asks: 'in or out?'

Rome (AFP) - Italy held its breath Wednesday as the country's fractious parties furiously debated whether to support popular Prime Minister Mario Draghi at a crucial confidence vote to end a political crisis that could send Italians to snap elections.

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Italy's Draghi lays down conditions for government survival

Rome (AFP) - Italy's popular Prime Minister Mario Draghi told the country's fractious parties Wednesday they would have to support him at a crucial confidence vote or accept responsibility for a crisis analysts say could end in snap elections.

AFP

Italy's Draghi calls for 'new pact' if coalition to survive

Rome (AFP) - Italy's Prime Minister Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Wednesday the only way out of a political crisis threatening the country's stability was a new government pact based on "courage, selflessness, credibility".

Tribune News Service

Italy center-right says Draghi’s coalition pact has been broken

The League and Forza Italia said Sunday that their alliance backing Prime Minister Mario Draghi has been broken, signaling the biggest political forces are readying for possible snap elections after the premier announced his resignation last week.

Tribune News Service

Italian parties brace for snap elections with Draghi unmoved

ROME — Italy’s political parties are readying for possible snap elections, even as some of them redouble efforts to persuade Prime Minister Mario Draghi to rethink his determination to resign.

AFP

Italy's Draghi urged to fix crisis as resignation refused

Rome (AFP) - Italy's teetering government was thrown a lifeline Thursday after the country's president refused to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, insisting he address parliament in a bid to avoid snap elections.

Evening Standard

Italian president refuses to accept PM Mario Draghi’s resignation after coalition collapse

In a statement, Draghi said the pact of trust that had sustained the unity government had gone

AFP

Italy holds breath for PM Draghi's next move in political crisis

Rome (AFP) - Prime Minister Mario Draghi's coalition government teetered on the brink of collapse Thursday, after the Five Star Movement refused to participate in a confidence vote, raising the spectre of a snap general election.

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