Italy´s belligerent new coalition is bad news for the EU | Lorenzo Marsili
(The Guardian Italy)

The EU is in desperate need of reform. But it´s unlikely to get help from Italy´s inward-looking, migrant-bashing new rulersAs Giuseppe Conte is asked to form Italy´s next government, I walk out of a screening of Loro, the controversial portrayal of Silvio Berlusconi by Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino. With images of drug-fuelled sex parties still in my mind, the uproar that accompanies the announcement about Conte appears odd. Italy has endured more than 30 years of dreadful governments. For much of the last two decades the country was led by a convicted tax fraudster. Before that, it was led by Bettino Craxi, a politician so corrupt that he ended his days as a fugitive in Tunisia. Why worry now? Related: `They throw mud`: new PM facing up to messy world of Italian politics Matteo Salvini has responded to international concern by telling the French economy minister to `mind his own business` Related: Is Italy`s government on a collision course with the EU? Continue reading...