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Roberto Maroni

Collision Course: Civil Unions Demo vs. Family Day

Judith Harris

Among the the European Union's 28 members, all but Italy and a handful of East European countries do not yet recognize civil unions, and the EU has been prodding Italy toward...

Family Values, Bossi Style

Judith Harris

Umberto Bossi, founding father of the Northern League, resigned as head of his party last week. After 30 years of blaming Rome of robbing, it turns out that some in Bossi's...

Bin Laden: A Thoughtful Vatican and a Concerned Italy

Judith Harris

May 1, while in Rome Pope John Paul II is beatified, Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden is killed in Pakistan by US Forces. The reactions in the Italian political world

Playing it for laughs

Judith Harris

Dissecting what may lie behind three recent Berlusconi's jokes. And the picture is far from amusing

At Lampedusa, “The End of the World”

Judith Harris

The Sicilian island where hope and desperation coexist has become a prime transit site for illegal immigrants hoping to make it into Europe

The Broken Promise: Fiscal Federalism

Judith Harris

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano refused to sign the bill on fiscal federalism, with comments that it was “unreceivable,” poorly drafted and generic. For Berlusconi the...

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