Susannah Verney, Assistant Professor of European Integration, University of Athens.Anna Bosco, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Trieste.

• 1. Living Parallel Lives: Italy and Greece in an Age of Austerity 2. Five Stars and a Cricket. Beppe Grillo Shakes Italian Politics 3. A Landlord’s Notice to Quit: The May 2012 Municipal Elections in Italy 4. Don’t Count Your Chickens before They’re Hatched: The 2013 Italian Parliamentary and Presidential Elections 5. Beppe Grillo’s First Defeat? The May 2013 Municipal Elections in Italy 6. In the Shadow of Grexit: The Greek Election of 17 June 2012 7. The Rise of Golden Dawn: The New Face of the Far Right in Greece

Susannah Verney, Assistant Professor of European Integration, University of Athens.Anna Bosco, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Trieste.

• 1. Living Parallel Lives: Italy and Greece in an Age of Austerity 2. Five Stars and a Cricket. Beppe Grillo Shakes Italian Politics 3. A Landlord’s Notice to Quit: The May 2012 Municipal Elections in Italy 4. Don’t Count Your Chickens before They’re Hatched: The 2013 Italian Parliamentary and Presidential Elections 5. Beppe Grillo’s First Defeat? The May 2013 Municipal Elections in Italy 6. In the Shadow of Grexit: The Greek Election of 17 June 2012 7. The Rise of Golden Dawn: The New Face of the Far Right in Greece

Susannah Verney, Assistant Professor of European Integration, University of Athens.Anna Bosco, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Trieste.

• 1. Living Parallel Lives: Italy and Greece in an Age of Austerity 2. Five Stars and a Cricket. Beppe Grillo Shakes Italian Politics 3. A Landlord’s Notice to Quit: The May 2012 Municipal Elections in Italy 4. Don’t Count Your Chickens before They’re Hatched: The 2013 Italian Parliamentary and Presidential Elections 5. Beppe Grillo’s First Defeat? The May 2013 Municipal Elections in Italy 6. In the Shadow of Grexit: The Greek Election of 17 June 2012 7. The Rise of Golden Dawn: The New Face of the Far Right in Greece