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Inside Europe: Immigration and the Italian elections

Angelo van Schaik
February 23, 2018

Italy's general election takes place on March 4th. According to opinion polls, the governing Democratic Party has steadily been losing support. Meanwhile a right-of-center alliance led by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has a clear lead. Campaigning had been fairly low-key by Italian standards. But two incidents involving migrants have changed that. Angelo Van Schaik reports.

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