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Will Italy become the first country to fall to populism?

19 May 2018

9:00 AM

19 May 2018

9:00 AM

It looks indeed as if Italy — the beating pulse of European civilisation — will be the first country in western Europe to fall to what’s popularly known as populism. Those who regard populism as an affirmation of democracy are pleased; those who regard it as a negation of democracy are appalled.

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