Italy Elections

He's back: Italy's Silvio Berlusconi wins Senate seat after tax ban

Just in time to celebrate his 86th birthday, former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi is making his return to Italy's parliament, winning a seat in the Senate nearly a decade after being banned from holding public office over a tax fraud conviction. Berlusconi, who has made personal comebacks a hallmark of Italian politics for three decades, was re-elected to Italy's upper house with more than 50% of the votes Sunday in the northern city of Monza, where he also owns a soccer team that was recently promoted to Italy's top division. While overall his party lost ground compared with the 2018 general elections, it fared better than expected and Berlusconi's victory was particularly heartfelt. Regaining a seat in the Senate was a sort of personal revenge for Berlusconi, after all the judicial problems he went through, said Massimiliano Panarari, political analyst at Rome's Mercatorum University. In 2013, the Senate expelled Berlusconi because of a tax fraud conviction stemming from his

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Europe's decisive swing to the right continues

Mario Draghi resigns as Premier, leaving Italy in political chaos

Investor reaction was clear, with the yield on the Italy's 10-year note jumping as much as 21 basis points to 3.6%, its highest since June

Italy to hold September election after PM Mario Draghi resigns

PM Draghi resigns after key partners shun confidence vote; President asks him to stay on as caretaker; markets fall heavily over political crisis

Sergio Mattarella re-elected as Italy's President with wide majority

The re-election of a head of state is rare in Italy

Mario Draghi says he's done his job, as he eyes Italian presidency

Italian media have been speculating for weeks about Draghi's possible presidential ambitions

Italy's new PM Mario Draghi announces composition of government

Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese, and Health Ministers Roberto Speranza retained their mandates in the new government formed by Mario Draghi.

Italy's 5-Star votes to back Draghi, opening way for new government

In an online ballot, 59.3% of 5-Star supporters heeded a call from party leaders to support the new administration

Italian PM Giuseppe Conte to step down, accuses his minister of rebellion

But Conte may not be ready to step aside just yet - he also savaged Matteo Salvini's demands for a snap election

A euro crisis, again: Italy's stand-off poses questions about EU's future

Though unlike Greece, Italy is too big to fail and too big for a bail-out, but Italian government securities began to look a lot more like Greece's in just a few hectic hours

Italy faces political gridlock after anti-establishment 5-Star party surges

Prolonged political stalemate could make heavily indebted Italy the focus of market concern in Europe

Italy votes in uncertain elections stalked by populism; Berlusconi may lead

The last opinion polls before the vote put Berlusconi's coalition in the lead with 37%, followed by the Five Star Movement with 28 percent and the centre-left with 27%

Italy heads to polls; hung parliament most likely election outcome

Italians are set to elect 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 315 members of the Senate under a new law

Italy braces for election in the age of fake news

We ask the social networks, and especially Facebook, to help us have a clean electoral campaign, said Matteo Renzi, the leader of the Democratic Party