ROME — The Latest on Italy’s national election on Sunday (all times local):9:10 p.m.Italy’s populist 5-Stars have staged their final campaign rally in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo — the People’s Square. ——7:15 a.m.A small, far-right party running in Italy’s election has reported two more attacks on its supporters, including a candidate for the Senate. Violence has punctuated much of Italy’s campaign for Sunday’s election, notably involving far-right and far-left proponents. Analysts say Sunday’s election will likely yield a hung parliament, making a coalition government necessary. ——9 a.m.Italy’s election campaign reads much like a police blotter, chronicling a country whose politics lately have been increasingly nasty, divisive and even violent.

Source: National Post March 02, 2018 20:03 UTC