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This R&D provides resources on Italian politics. The governing centre-left Democratic Party fared well in recent regional elections, winning five of the seven contested regions, but the party saw its share of the popular vote fall against its centre-right rival Forza Italia. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was looking for a clear mandate from the regional elections to push sizable education, labor, and political reforms. Renzi’s drive to remake Italy has earned him the enmity of both sides of the political aisle, but he has pledged to continue his reformist course to fix one of the most dysfunctional countries in Western Europe.
Italy’s Renzi stumbles in local elections http://t.co/M6y0E01n34
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) June 1, 2015
Italy’s regional elections Sunday are a high stakes game for Matteo Renzi. http://t.co/YvtJJHJvMj pic.twitter.com/OmMCyxBMON
— POLITICO Europe (@POLITICOEurope) May 30, 2015
Local elections in Italy present disappointing results for Renzi’s PD party http://t.co/mhv87wnCrZ
— DW (English) (@dw_english) June 1, 2015
Italy’s Matteo Renzi Scores Tight Victory in Regional Elections http://t.co/gHkWXmgXm0
— WSJ World News (@WSJworld) June 1, 2015
Italy: Renzi’s Democratic Party loses ground in regional elections http://t.co/dPTU3CHnJt
— euronews (@euronews) June 1, 2015
Regional elections in Italy: Could Renzi’s honeymoon be over? https://t.co/A5oigCY0hG via @openDemocracy
— Can Europe make it? (@oD_Europe) May 29, 2015
Do governments manipulate fiscal policy to win elections? Evidence from #Italy http://t.co/KsFi67BW1i #economics pic.twitter.com/tgSou87JYh
— World Economic Forum (@wef) June 1, 2015
Silvio Berlusconi mistakenly arrives at leftist party rally in Italy local elections http://t.co/Z6ddJBepac
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 30, 2015
Berlusconi Hopes Social Media Will Aid In His Political Comeback: Italy holds regional elections on Sunday. Tr… http://t.co/3PTgiDdyrY
— Johnny K (@Jkenton09) May 26, 2015
Italy’s Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, is losing votes left, right and center… http://t.co/OdCjpEhmFK pic.twitter.com/EVFssZUwkP
— CNBC (@CNBC) June 1, 2015
The Economist | Italy’s regional divide: A tale of two economies http://t.co/0lsQh8kEbK
— Colin Eldridge (@colineldridge) June 3, 2015
Italy’s Matteo Renzi has to show that he really does stand for change http://t.co/Zddcrzqxma pic.twitter.com/HyBWNoTGUw
— FT Comment (@ftcomment) June 1, 2015
Italy’s global exposition shows cautious optimism of the country’s turnaround #MilanExpo2015 http://t.co/OV5TYCXQU3 pic.twitter.com/tGqBz2kN0S
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) June 1, 2015
#BBC Italy vote threatens Renzi reforms http://t.co/Jg8VX5Pg3i
— …david jones (@_dpaj) June 1, 2015
The Telegraph > Italians vote in local polls posing test for Berlusconi http://t.co/rmKhyLolsV
— Inspiration Journal (@InsJournal) May 31, 2015