Darren Loucaides
Darren Loucaides is a Barcelona-based journalist from London. He used to live in Italy and writes about Mediterranean identity.
Has the Italian establishment gone too far in its bid to stop the populists from taking Rome?
After weeks of negotiations, an agreement had been signed by Five Star Movement and the hard-right party Lega. Then, at the last moment, Italian President Sergio Mattarella — who holds a largely ceremonial role as head of state — torpedoed the deal.
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