Political Mayhem in Britain and Italy

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 30 August 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Two battles over the meaning of democracy are now playing out in Europe. We look at the political power maneuvers this week in Britain and Italy. Guest: Katrin Bennhold, the Berlin bureau chief for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background coverage: Facing a furious backlash over his decision to suspend Parliament next month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain promised to speed up Brexit negotiations with Brussels.In Italy, two political parties that had been sworn political enemies struck a deal to form a new government that sidelined Matteo Salvini, the hard-right leader.Listen to “The Battle for Europe,” a series from “The Daily” with Katrin Bennhold about the future of liberal democracy in the European Union.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow.
0:02.4	This is the Daily Mail.
0:09.2	Today, two battles over the meaning of democracy
0:14.0	are now playing out in Europe.
0:16.6	Correspondent Katrin Bennell
0:19.0	on the political power plants in Britain and Italy.
0:23.0	It's Friday, August 30th.
0:35.0	So, Katrin, previously on the Daily,
0:37.0	you told us the story of populism in Europe over five parts.
0:41.0	And now it feels like that story is very much back in the news.
0:45.0	I know. So we've got news out of the UK.
0:48.0	We've got news out of Italy.
0:49.0	I'm sort of just waiting for the other countries to sort of implode.
0:52.0	Yeah, it's been quite a week.
0:54.0	So, let's start with the UK.
0:57.0	Remind us where we were when this week started.
1:00.0	Good evening from Downing Street,
1:01.0	where Boris Johnson, one of the most controversial politicians
1:04.0	of modern times, has taken over as Prime Minister from Theresa May.
1:11.0	Standing in Downing Street for the first time as Prime Minister,
1:14.0	Boris Johnson promised the British people that Brexit will be dealt with in 99 days.
1:19.0	And he's promised to take Britain out of the EU on October 31st,
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