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...On the extremes of the political spectrum, rightwing leader Giorgia Meloni compared EU institutions to a “committee of loan sharks” and leftwing leader Nichi Vendola decried the “social butchery of Berlin...
...Earlier Mr Vendola had dismissed the chances of forming a coalition that would include Mr Monti. “It is not possible to put the agendas together,” he told foreign reporters....
...While Mr Monti and Mr Vendola have both been ruling out a post-election alliance, the ideological gap between Mr Monti and some of the hardcore Socialists within the Democrats is at least as big....
...In particular, he mentioned Stefano Fassina, the Democrats’ left-leaning economics spokesman, the main CGIL trade union federation and Nichi Vendola, leader of the allied Left Ecology Freedom party and a...
...Support from the more leftist supporters of Mr Vendola will be crucial for Mr Bersani to avoid an upset defeat by Mr Renzi....
...Support from the more leftist supporters of Mr Vendola will be crucial for Mr Bersani, a former communist, to avoid an upset defeat by Mr Renzi....
...Nichi Vendola, leader of the Left Ecology and Freedom party allied to the Democrats, and Matteo Renzi, the reformist mayor of Florence who has challenged Mr Bersani’s leadership, are both opposed to the...
...Asked if such a proposal would satisfy the more leftwing unions and Nichi Vendola’s Ecology, Freedom and Liberty party allied to the Democrats, Mr Letta replied: “I hope so....
...However, this was shot down by a centre-left revolt led by Matteo Renzi, the reformist mayor of Florence, and Nichi Vendola, leader of an allied leftwing party....
...But he is very much a product of the old ex-communist apparatus, loyal to the trade unions and the extreme left party of Nichi Vendola. He is the wealth-tax-as-a-priority kind of guy....
...Mr Monti’s insistence on further reform to give more flexibility to the labour market could however lead to difficult negotiations with Nichi Vendola, leader of the Left, Ecology and Liberty party that is...
...However, the party’s main ally, Nichi Vendola, leader of Left Ecology and Liberty, has fiercely criticised last summer’s reforms....
...His leftwing electoral ally Nichi Vendola, governor of the region of Puglia and Italy’s most prominent declared gay politician, is campaigning for full recognition of rights for gay couples....
...power would be a commitment from Mr Bersani that the former communist could find hard to give – a marginalisation of the main leftwing trade union federation as well as his leftist political ally, Nichi Vendola...
...Centrists backing Mr Monti have spoken of a likely coalition government with the Democrats – on the condition that Mr Bersani drop his more leftwing ally, Nichi Vendola, leader of the small Left Ecology...
...Mr Monti says he would not enter a coalition with Mr Bersani if it were to include his leftist ally Nichi Vendola, leader of the Left Ecology Liberty party....
...Mr Romano noted reports quoting Nichi Vendola – governor of Puglia and Mr Bersani’s main leftist ally – as saying the outcome of the centre-left primary should be seen as “the welcomed obituary for the Monti...
...the electorate but are heading into a potentially bruising election primary in November, pitting party leader Pierluigi Bersani against Matteo Renzi, the youthful reformist mayor of Florence, and Nichi Vendola...
...Mr D’Alimonte is confident that the Democrats, together with their more leftist ally, Nichi Vendola, governor of Puglia, will capture the lower house of parliament....
...Andrea Romano, director of the Italia Futura think-tank, doubts that the Third Pole would join an alliance that includes Mr Vendola and Mr Di Pietro....
...A divisive contest could see Mr Bersani stand against Matteo Renzi, the young reformist mayor of Florence, and Nichi Vendola, leftist governor of the region of Puglia who is not a party member....
...Some of his examples from which the first book drew hope – such as Nichi Vendola, president of the Puglia region, once touted as a saviour of the left – have faded....
...As a communist, Catholic and openly gay, Nichi Vendola defies easy categorisation....
...As a communist and a militantly gay man, Vendola was at first dismissed as an eccentric – most enthusiastically by the main party of the left, the Democratic party....
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