19 Aug 2019

Europe correspondent - Is Italy headed fully far-right?

From Nine To Noon, 9:49 am on 19 August 2019

Seamus Kearney reports on the political crisis which has erupted in Italy, with the far-right League party appearing to plan a take-over of power, calling a no-confidence vote in the prime minister who leads the country's coalition government. A snap election has been called. Also, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reportedly backtracked and arranged meetings this week in Berlin and Paris to try to break the Brexit impasse.