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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 Unreported Europe Italy's 'sardines' have bigger fish to fry They call themselves the sardines and have taken to the streets of Italy in mass protests. We find out who they are and where they are heading. 20/12/2019
Now playing Next Italy Thousands of Italy's anti-Salvini "sardines" protest in Rome They have no party symbols, mottos or flags. They are mainly young people, and in only a month they have filled Italy's major squares to protest against far-right leader Matteo Salvini. 14/12/2019
Now playing Next Italy Mafia crook among 19 suspects in plot to form Italian Nazi party Italian police carried out a number of raids on Thursday as part of a two-year investigation into far-right extremists suspected of planning a new Nazi party in Italy. 28/11/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italy introduces mandatory climate change lessons in schools "I want to make the Italian education system the first education system that puts the environment and society at the core of everything we learn in school," Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti said. 07/11/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italy's Salvini triumphs in Umbria as ruling alliance slumps Far-right League leader Matteo Salvini won a crushing victory in the Italian region of Umbria, results on Monday showed, raising questions about the survival of the ruling coalition. 28/10/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italian MPs vote to slash number of seats in parliament and senate Italian politicians have backed a radical overhaul of the country's parliament that will see around a third of them losing their job. 09/10/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italy's Renzi ready to form breakaway party Former prime minister Matteo Renzi is poised to break away from the ruling Democratic Party (PD) and set up a new centrist force in an effort to claim the middle ground of Italian politics, two allies said on Sunday. 17/09/2019
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 World Italy's new coalition government to be sworn in on Thursday A new ruling coalition is being prepared in Italy after the 5 Star Movement approved a pact with their former political foes, the Democratic Party. In an online poll yesterday, nearly 80 per cent of the 5 Star's grassroots members voted in favour of forming a new coalition with their leftist rivals. 04/09/2019
Now playing Next Italy Members of Italy's Five-Star Movement approve coalition with PD Members of Italy's Five Star Movement vote 79% in favour of coalition with Democratic Party 03/09/2019
Now playing Next World Last ditch effort: Italy's Conte hopes for populist-left wing alliance Populist 5-Star supporters are voting today on whether to hook up with their long-time foe, the centre-left Democratic Party. 03/09/2019
Now playing Next Italy Italian PM appeals to 5-Star members to back new government Members of 5-Star will hold a ballot on the party's internet platform on Tuesday to decide whether the group should join forces with the Democratic Party, its traditional foe. 02/09/2019
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 Shut out but revved up: could Italy's Salvini thrive in opposition? Out of the government, but not out of the picture: The far-right League Party's charismatic leader Matteo Salvini has been the dominant figure in Italian politics in recent months, but he may be more powerful still in the opposition. 29/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy 'Time for a new humanism': Conte hints at change in refugee policy Five Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio has confirmed plans for a new coalition with the Democratic Party. But, before it can happen, Italy's president must agree to it. 28/08/2019
Now playing Next Italy Watch: Salvini kisses rosary after criticism over religious symbols It wasn't just his "irresponsible", "reckless" and "alarming" behaviour as a politician that earned Matteo Salvini the ire of Giuseppe Conte in his resignation speech Tuesday. 20/08/2019