Now playing Next Italy Italy PM Mario Draghi survives confidence vote but coalition in doubt Populist coalition partners 5-Star Movement say they want Prime Minister Mario Draghi to do more to ease Italy's cost of living crisis. 14/07/2022
Now playing Next Italy Italy's Draghi secures Senate support for his stance on Ukraine war Members of the ruling coalition have criticised Italy for sending weapons to Kyiv. 21/06/2022
Now playing Next Italy Italian Senate endorses lowering voting age from 25 to 18 The move paves the way for some four million young people to vote in elections for the parliament's upper chamber. 08/07/2021
Now playing Next Italy Italy's M5S founder criticised for defending son in sex assault claims Italy's Five Star Movement founder Bebbe Grillo has been criticised for defending his son from sexual assault allegations in a passionate video. 21/04/2021
Now playing Next Italy Former ECB chief Mario Draghi sworn in as Italy's new PM The former European Central Bank Chief was sworn in at a ceremony at the Quirinal Palace in Rome at noon on Saturday. 12/02/2021
Now playing Next Italy Italian populist party supports Mario Draghi government in online vote The Five Star Movement voted to support Mario Draghi, the former European Central Bank chief, to form a new government in Italy. 11/02/2021
Now playing Next Italy Salvini fails to win key Italian regional election The Democratic Party was leading with 50% of the votes in Emilia-Romagna, against 45% for Salvini’s League, according to projections. 27/01/2020
Now playing Next Italy Salvini, sardines & strongholds: Will one vote topple the government? Sunday could see fatal cracks appear in Italy’s coalition government. Here’s how. 26/01/2020
Now playing Next Italy Di Maio steps down as leader of populist party Five-Star Movement Italy foreign minister Luigi Di Maio steps down as leader of populist party Five-Star Movement 22/01/2020
Now playing Next Italy Italy's new government can get to work after getting senators' backing Senators backed Prime Minister Guiseppe Conte's new government with 169 in favour and 133 against. 10/09/2019
Now playing Next Italy Conte PM & Di Maio foreign minister as new Italian government sworn in It relegates Matteo Salvini's far-right League movement to the opposition. 05/09/2019
Now playing Next Italy Could Italy's new coalition be stymied by Salvini in parliament? Even if Italy can form a new coalition, its power might be curbed by Matteo Salvini’s League which controls 11 powerful parliamentary committees. 30/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italy needs more time to form a new government, says president Italy's president has extended the time envisaged for a new government to be formed. 22/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italy crisis: 5-Star says Salvini no longer a credible partner Italy's 5-Star Movement appears to have closed the door on any possibility of resurrecting the country's ruling coalition. 18/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italian Senate rejects request for immediate no-confidence vote debate The League has presented a no-confidence motion in the government but the Senate rejected its request for it to be debated on Wednesday, and instead decided that Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte should address the upper house over the crisis on August 20. 12/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italian MP could lose her seat for using her birth name on the ballot 'If I had died, how could I have been resurrected?' - Euronews speaks to the Italian MP who lived a life in witness protection afraid of the Mafia finding her, and who is now being challenged by her political rival for resuming her 'dead' identity. 30/07/2019
Now playing Next Italy Watch: Italy's Genoa bridge destroyed in controlled explosion Two pylons of the bridge were wiped out in a controlled explosion to make way for a new structure to be built after it collapsed last August, killing 43 people. 28/06/2019
Now playing Next Italy Back to school as Five Star Movement MPs sit special evaluation exam Five Star Movement politicians were forced to sit down for a 40-minute high-school style exam on Tuesday. 13/06/2019
Now playing Next Italy 5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio easily wins party confidence vote Supporters of Italy's 5-Star Movement have resoundingly backed its leader Luigi Di Maio to carry on following a bruising defeat in European elections 30/05/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italy's 5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio seeks confidence vote Luigi Di Maio, the leader of Italy's 5-Star Movement, is seeking a confidence vote on his party's online platform after a poor result in Euro elections 29/05/2019
