Archive for September, 2019

Italy: Salvini Out, Migrants In
By September 28, 2019 Read More →

Italy: Salvini Out, Migrants In

Italy’s new government, which has pledged to reverse former interior minister Matteo Salvini’s hardline approach to migration policy, appears to have triggered a new wave of mass migration from Northern Africa.

Posted in: Europe, Italy
Italy: Salvini Down but Not Out
By September 10, 2019 Read More →

Italy: Salvini Down but Not Out

Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy premier and interior minister since 2018, has been shut out of the Italian government after his gambit to force snap elections to become prime minister backfired.

Posted in: Europe, Italy