Beppe Severgnini

Italian columnist Beppe Severgnini discusses the takeaways from Italy's general election from over the weekend and its broader implications for the European Union.

How did Italian government change when its people elected media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, and what can it teach us about President-elect Donald Trump?

Beppe Severgnini, author of Mamma Mia!: Berlusconi Explained for Posterity and Friends Abroad, and columnist for Corriere della Sera, Italy's largest daily paper, talks about Italy's politics and place in the European debt crisis.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faced two votes of confidence today in his country's government. The Italian parliament in Rome conducted a vote of confidence on Berlusconi in the lower house last, and if the votes didn't come down in his favor, he could have been forced to resign as Prime Minister. Berlusconi has escaped such situations before, however, and squeaked this morning by three votes. But what does it mean for his political future? 

Corriere della Sera columnist Beppe Severgnini, foreign editor for The Times of South Africa, Jackie May, and Mint editor Sukumar Ranganathan share their reaction to President Obama’s op-ed piece that ran in newspapers around the world, as well as the upcoming G-20 summit.