The next 10 months will be a defining period in European politics

An Italian referendum on December 4 is the first of a series of votes across Europe in the next 10 months that may upend the old order, writes John Follain

AFTER success in Britain, with Brexit, and in the US, with Donald Trump, populists are setting their sights on the next five dominoes at risk.

Votes are looming within less than a year in Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, France, and then Germany. Exasperation with the political and business establishment, over a raft of grievances, from inequality to immigration, will likely shape all of these votes.