Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Lega Nord" produced 33 items.
| 1. Monti asked to form Italian government | November 13, 2011 |
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Former European commissioner to lead government after Berlusconi's resignation. Mario Monti, a former European commissioner, has been asked to form a new Italian... |
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| 2. Berlusconi pledges to resign | November 9, 2011 |
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Prime minister will step down after economic reform package is passed. Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, has promised to resign after the Italian parliament passes... |
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| 3. Berlusconi fails to secure majority in budget vote | November 8, 2011 |
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Italian prime minister under pressure to resign after losing support in parliament. Pressure has mounted on Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, to resign after he... |
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| 4. Berlusconi calls emergency meeting | October 24, 2011 |
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Italy's prime minister reacts to pressure from France and Germany for swift economic reforms. Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, has called an emergency cabinet... |
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| 5. Padania: the final frontier | July 1, 2010 |
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Things are looking (way) up for Italian MEPs. Italy's Lega Nord is not known for its interest in aliens: it wants to keep them out of Padania, the Lega's putative... |
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| 6. Bresso redux | June 3, 2010 |
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The return of the CoR president. New readers: do not start here. Old readers will recall that Mercedes Bresso's tenure as president of the EU's Committee of the Regions... | |
| 7. Mercedes drives off | April 1, 2010 |
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Committee of the Regions president loses out in Italian elections. The reign of Mercedes Bresso is over before it really began. Bresso, an Italian socialist who was elected... |
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| 8. New Eurosceptic group formed in Parliament | July 1, 2009 |
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UK Independence Party finds seven partners with which to replace the Independence/Democracy faction. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) announced today that it has succeeded... | |
| 9. Berlusconi's party fails to hit target | June 8, 2009 |
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People of Liberty Party the clear winner but with a smaller share of the vote than predicted. The European Parliament elections in Italy were won by Prime Minister Silvio... | |
| 10. Fringe parties fail to make big gains | June 8, 2009 |
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Far-right scores some notable successes, but the economic crisis generally fails to turn European voters towards the extremes. Incomplete results from the European... | |
| 11. Italian MEPs have poorest Parliament attendance | April 23, 2009 |
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Rankings compiled by Italian MEP highlight bad record of his compatiots. In the run-up to the European Parliament elections, Marco Cappato, an Italian Liberal MEP, has rated... | |
| 12. A contentious bus-ride | September 4, 2008 |
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Four (angry) men in a bus. The Parliament is lining up a strange mix of MEPs to check up on the Italian government's Roma policy, but will they be able to agree on... |
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| 13. Italy's interior designer | May 29, 2008 |
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Italy's new interior minister emerges from shadow into storm. On 21 May, the new Italian government proposed tough measures on immigration that go beyond established... |
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| 14. Berlusconi embraces new and old faces | April 30, 2008 |
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Italian Prime Minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi is planning to fill the key EU portfolio ministries in his government with a mixture of faces familiar to Brussels and... |
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| 15. Berlusconi victory confirms Frattini's departure | April 15, 2008 |
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Franco Frattini to leave the European Commission for a second stint as foreign minister. Silvio Berlusconi's return to the Italian premiership has brought mixed reactions... |
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| 16. Movers & Shakers | November 23, 2006 |
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Gian Paolo Gobbo has become an Italian MEP. The 57-year-old, a member of Lega Nord per l'indipendenza della Padania, will not be attached to any political group in the... | |
| 17. Rowdy MEPs to face zero tolerance | July 7, 2005 |
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THE European Parliament is to introduce tougher disciplinary measures against MEPs who misbehave during plenary sessions. A "zero tolerance" approach for unruly and rowdy... | |
| 18. Le Pen plans for far-right Parliament group fall foul of Bossi move | July 29, 2004 |
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FAR-right parties this week appeared to have failed in their bid to join forces in a new political group inside the European Parliament. Leaders from five parties had... | |
| 19. Right-wing parties bid to form political group | July 8, 2004 |
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FAR-right parties were this week locked in talks aimed at forming a new political group in the European Parliament. Leaders from four parties are optimistic that they will... | |
| 20. Schulz retracts ‘racist' attack | July 17, 2003 |
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GERMAN MEP Martin Schulz yesterday (16 July) apologized for saying that Italy had a racist government. Schulz, whom the Italian premier had compared to a Nazi concentration... | |
