Italian Referendum Result: A Headache for Rome, or for Brussels?

... precise, the Italian Senate rather than the Roman one of old — that Prime Minister Matteo Renzi pitted himself in the 4 December referendum. He was proposing that the Senate change from an influential directly elected... ... reforms but would also have substantially strengthened Rome’s position in the European Union — especially in the context of growing social and political instability... ... der Bellen over Norbert Hofer, the far-right Freedom Party’s candidate, in the Austrian presidential election looks more like a one-off exception to the rule than...