Mar 13, 2013 18:20 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Beppe Grillo, the leader of the “Five Star Movement” which won 25% of the votes cast in the last parliamentary elections was interviewed by the German financial newspaper Handelsblatt. The former comic… Read More ›
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Italy’s Pier luigi Bersani vowed to break free of the country’s austerity regime
Italy’s Bersani on collision course with Germany and ECB over austerity Italy’s Pier luigi Bersani vowed to break free of the country’s austerity regime as he laid out plans for a centre-Left government, risking a serious clash with Germany and… Read More ›
Anger builds in Italy as old guard plots fresh technocrat take-over : Will risk Revolution
Italy’s president Giorgio Napolitano is exploring the creation of a second technocrat government to break the political log-jam and calm markets after key parties failed to reach an accord, risking a serious popular backlash. Comedian Beppe Grillo repeated his vow… Read More ›
Italy might leave the Euro “In six months, we will no longer be able to pay pensions and the wages of public employees.”
Beppe Grillo suggests Italy might leave the Euro Post-election power broker also thinks the country will have to renegotiate on debt James Legge Saturday, 2 March 2013 Italy’s comedian-cum-power broker will have raised further eyebrows in Eurocrat circles today with… Read More ›