My latest article on Impakter, here's the opening:
Imagine the following result from the March 4 vote in
Italy: either the populist Five Star Movement led by young Luigi Di Maio (he’s 31) or the conservative right coalition, led
by Berlusconi (he’s 81) and firebrand Salvini, gets an absolute majority.
What happens next? The pro-European left coalition, with
the Democratic Party (PD) in the lead plus various small parties, notably Emma Bonino’s +Europe, is sent in the opposition. The head of the
current government, Paolo Gentiloni and the PD secretary, Matteo Renzi, both go home.
From Left to right: M5S Leader Luigi Di Maio; Silvio Berluconi (right coalition); Matteo Renzi (left coalition, PD leader) SOURCE: WIKI COMMONS
In
either case, Europe, already weakened by Brexit and threatened by the rise of
“illiberal democracies” on its Eastern front (in Hungary and Poland), would be
shaken to its foundation.
Why?
To find out and read the rest, click here.
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