The Italian government, which is currently at loggerheads with the European Commission over its proposed budget, is often lumped together with other anti-globalists and eurosceptics.
It does indeed share some of these features, such as antagonism to neoliberalism, longing for a strong nation and fear of foreigners.
But the alliance between the anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) and the far-right League also represents...
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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.