This is an encouraging sign as it shows Italy's ability to face its crisis not just by falling back on technocracies or populism, but by injecting new meaning in institutions citizens had progressively lost their trust in.

The gist of all these arguments is that we can't not have a government, yet we can't figure out how to build one. This is the catch-22 that currently dominates our politics.

By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - European shares tumbled on Tuesday after an Italian election stalemate threatened a rene...

* Beppe Grillo's 5-Star Movement stuns Italy * Centre-left coalition wins lower house but fails to control Senate * Fin...

ROME — Italy faced political paralysis Monday as near-complete results in crucial national elections showed no clear winner and raised the possi...

It's a tight race to the finish today -- some polls show Pier Luigi Bersani's Center-Left party with a strong lead over former Prime Minister Silvio B...

* Global markets shaken by fears of new euro zone instability * Vote is stunning success for populist movement * Berlus...

By James Mackenzie and Gavin Jones ROME, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Italians voted for a second and final day in a general election on Monda...

In truth, the only thing that is really surprising in this electoral campaign is the level of removal that, once again, we as a people are capable of.

Six coalitions and a myriad of political formations. Career politicians and new faces. An electoral law that has been described by the man who created...

ROME -- How much weight does an endorsement from a lame-duck pope carry in the upcoming election? No, not that election – the one to pick the n...

The upcoming Italian elections are testing whether democracy can correct itself. The elections are a contest between the populism of short-term fixes and the long-term reforms necessary to make Italy's economy solvent, competitive and sustainable over the long run.

* Monti resigns, elections expected in February * President to consult with political leaders Saturday * Expected to dis...

ROME, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti will hand in his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano after parliament approves t...

Why does the U.S. media treat Ecuador's President Rafael Correa with hostility and Italy's Prime Minister Monti with the greatest respect given Ecuador has experienced economic and social success under Correa's leadership and Italy has experienced severe failures under Monti?

Huffington Post Italia politics reporter Alessandro de Angelis sat down last week with former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for an exclusiv...

The EU is now officially back in recession. Unemployment is rising in all of the nations that have submitted to austerity plans. Even the Germans, who benefit from the rest of Europe's pain because capital flight produces very low German interest rates, are headed for a recession later this year, according to the OECD. Europe's economies are prisoners of Merkel's austerity demands on one side, and the speculative attacks of the bond market on the other. In principle, the ECB could extend unlimited support to government bonds, and take the profit out of speculation. Draghi's latest announcement seems to offer just that, but the austerity conditions render it next to useless.