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General elections are approaching, and Italians must choose. But choose who? Here’s a short bio for every wannabe Presidente del Consiglio on the battlefield*, written by a very evil analyst.

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  WTI Magazine #29    2014 May, 8Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   Italians are having tough times with political communication.   European and local elections are around the corner, and politicians' faces are everywhere. Walls, mail boxes, e-mails, social networks and newspapers are covered with their electoral posters, but...

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  WTI Magazine #31    2014 May, 22Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   Even if they actually invaded tv, newspapers, radio and social networks, Italian politicians didn't explain much about their programs for Europe. In spite of their European partners' plans, the debate didn't reveal anything interesting to voters.    

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  WTI Magazine #80    2016 June 17Author : Lapo Orlandi      Translation by:   Marco Pannella passed away last month, aged 86. He founded in 1955 the Italian Radical Party, that he transformed 34 years later into the first worldwide party, the Transnational Radical Party Nonviolent and Transparty, to promote, with the face of Gandhi as a symbol,...

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  WTI Magazine #14    2014 Jan, 24Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   The election bill proposed by Mr. Renzi and Mr. Berlusconi, called "Italicum" (yes, in Italy we have the habit to give names to electoral bills), hasn't been voted yet, and it is part of a broader project of institutional reform.    

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  WTI Magazine #24    2014 Apr, 04Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   As an Italian, I've always considered Americans as brothers, friends and allies. We have our differences, but we share values and ideals, and they constitute our common background. When times get tough and we have to stand up and build something together, we ap...

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  WTI Magazine #18    2014 Feb, 21Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   Some American friends of mine keep calling me up to explain what is going on in Italian politics in these days. Honestly, it is one of the most complicated questions I've ever been asked. Mr. Enrico Letta's government is no mo...

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  WTI Magazine #20    2014 Mar, 7Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   Paolo Sorrentino has just brought his Academy Award home and the city he filmed so fondly already has "The Great Beauty Tour" among its itineraries.     The whole country is living a deep crisis but Rome seems to concentrate every shade of the Italian pros an...

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  WTI Magazine #22    2014 Mar, 21Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   Given the recent controversies about Matteo Renzi's communicative style, many people – everyone who feels entitled to convey their opinion on the matter, which usually means every single resident in the country – compared him to Silvio Berlusconi. Yes, when it...

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  WTI Magazine #16    2014 Feb, 07Author : Francesca Papasergi      Translation by:   Last week, the Five Star Movement announced its request of impeachment against Mr. Napolitano.   In Italy, it is not called impeachment. The messa in stato d'accusa is a very complicated process, regulated by the Consti...

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