Italy Has Invented Modern Populism, but the Country Has Its Peculiarities

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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From Berlusconi to Salvini to Meloni and Conte: Italy offers rich visual material for the triumph of political populism. But Italian populism has its peculiarities.

Il Fatto Quotidiano

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"Giorgia Meloni has signed the social disaster of Italy. An irresponsible behavior in the sign of cowardice." Thus the president of M5S Giusppe Conte, in a statement to the press, outside the Chamber of Deputies. "Meloni" continues the former president of the Council " has signed an agreement within NATO that will involve a spending commitment for more than 400 billion by 2035 for expenses in arms, tanks, missiles: this means new debts, new cuts…