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 ›
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Italy halts austerity plan leaving EU in turmoil
Fears that deadlock will lengthen Italy’s two-year recession and spill over into rest of the eurozone hit markets across Europe Ian Traynor in Brussels, John Hooper in Rome and Phillip Inman The Guardian, Tuesday 26 February 2013 15.38 EST Italy’s decision… Read More ›
Italian elections may decide euro’s fate
It’s Monti vs. Berlusconi as Yuletide sparring launches campaign. Paul Ames December 28, 2012 06:15 ROME, Italy — Italians took a break from politics for most of 2012. Bitter party rivals buried their grievances to give a non-elected, technocratic government… Read More ›
Monti resignation announcement causes fears of renewed euro turbulence
News sees Italy’s borrowing costs rise and share prices fall, and EU leaders worry about possible spillover into Spain The Guardian, Monday 10 December 2012 16.14 EST Mario Monti, Mariano Rajoy and Antonis Samaras, the prime ministers of Italy,… Read More ›