4 Takeaways From a ‘Throw the Bums Out’ Italian Election
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4 Takeaways From a ‘Throw the Bums Out’ Italian Election
The Italians voted largely for parties that are euroskeptic, and while no one expects Italy to leave the European Union or the eurozone, any government
that emerges is likely to be much more hostile about eurozone reform, about an easy ride for Britain as it tries to untangle itself from the European Union, or about trying to discipline Hungary or Poland, Mr. Rahman said.
Leaders in Brussels and Paris would have been heartened earlier on Sunday when the Social Democrats in Germany voted to remain in a coalition government with Ms. Merkel, keeping her in power
and allowing Germany to try to work with Mr. Macron on overhauling the eurozone.
Further, they were led by leaders considered old or failed, like former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
and Mr. Renzi, while the more populist parties of the Five Star Movement and the League were led by younger, more vivid and aggressive personalities.
By STEVEN ERLANGERMARCH 5, 2018
BRUSSELS — More than half of the Italians who cast ballots on Sunday voted for populist parties, largely abandoning
the traditional mainstream parties, especially on the center-left, continuing a European trend.
Rahman said that There was a big debate he had with Brussels to get more fiscal
space, to get more growth and use that space to make Italy more modern,
The Italians voted largely for parties that are euroskeptic, and while no one expects Italy to leave the European Union or the eurozone, any government
that emerges is likely to be much more hostile about eurozone reform, about an easy ride for Britain as it tries to untangle itself from the European Union, or about trying to discipline Hungary or Poland, Mr. Rahman said.
Leaders in Brussels and Paris would have been heartened earlier on Sunday when the Social Democrats in Germany voted to remain in a coalition government with Ms. Merkel, keeping her in power
and allowing Germany to try to work with Mr. Macron on overhauling the eurozone.
Further, they were led by leaders considered old or failed, like former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
and Mr. Renzi, while the more populist parties of the Five Star Movement and the League were led by younger, more vivid and aggressive personalities.
By STEVEN ERLANGERMARCH 5, 2018
BRUSSELS — More than half of the Italians who cast ballots on Sunday voted for populist parties, largely abandoning
the traditional mainstream parties, especially on the center-left, continuing a European trend.
Rahman said that There was a big debate he had with Brussels to get more fiscal
space, to get more growth and use that space to make Italy more modern,