Silvio Berlusconi
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Italy: ‘Anti-Grillo law becomes an issue’
21 May 20135617PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Italy: ‘6 years demanded for Berlusconi’
14 May 201332PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Italy: ‘“The judges want to take me out”’
10 May 2013497PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Italy: The traps awaiting the new generation
29 April 201311270 La Repubblica Rome -
Italy: ‘Bersani: “We need a miracle”’
26 March 2013592PresseuropLa Stampa -
Italy: ‘PDL storms a court’
12 March 201316PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Italy: ‘Unipol, Berlusconi condemned’
8 March 2013141PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Editorial: Italian election may have a silver lining
28 February 201314735Presseurop -
Italy: ‘Bersani approaches Grillo: no to PDL’
27 February 201324PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Italy: What a performance!
26 February 2013622 International Herald Tribune Paris -
Italy: ‘A serious warning to Europe’
26 February 201334161PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung, De Volkskrant, I Kathimerini & 3 others -
Italy: And the winner is... Beppe Grillo
26 February 2013272112 La Stampa Turin -
Italy: ‘Rome is crumbling’
26 February 20136012PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
European Union: ‘Political chaos in Italy threatens to reignite tensions over euro’
26 February 20131528PresseuropEl Economista -
Italy: ‘Berlusconi’s Miracle’
26 February 20131822PresseuropIl Giornale -
Italy: ‘Boost for Grillo: Italy ungovernable’
26 February 201335PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Italy: ‘Senate without majority, tension in the markets’
26 February 2013182PresseuropIl Sole-24 Ore -
Italy: Berlusconi back from the dead
25 February 20132631 The Independent London -
Italy: Game of chance
22 February 201370 L'Espresso Rome -
Italy: Catholics: a crucial but undecided electorate
22 February 2013893 Libération Paris -
Italy: Beppe Grillo: The Europhobe comet
18 February 201333857 Linkiesta Milan -
Germany: In the land of the well-behaved
15 February 201335959 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Italy: ‘Who can save Italy?’
15 February 20139189PresseuropThe Economist -
Italy: You old sweet talker
7 February 2013473 La Repubblica Rome -
Italy: ‘Monti-Bersani, a trial alliance’
6 February 2013231PresseuropLa Stampa -
Italy: ‘Berlusconi effect, markets crash’
5 February 2013381PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Italy: ‘Berlusconi: Mussolini did well’
28 January 2013391PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Italy: ‘EPP drops Berlusconi’
16 January 2013451PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Editorial: Who’s afraid of Berlusconi?
14 December 20126310Presseurop -
Italy-EU: Guess who’s back?
13 December 2012213 Le Temps Geneva -
Spain: Rajoy faces down The Cavaliere factor
12 December 20126098 ABC Madrid -
Italy: A country in a coma
11 December 201251721 La Stampa Turin -
Italy: Monti refuses to be Berlusconi’s scapegoat
10 December 2012134104 La Stampa Turin -
The front page: 25 October 2012
25 October 201226PresseuropGazet van Antwerpen, I Kathimerini, Il Giornale & 4 others -
Italy: Can Berlusconi make a eurosceptic comeback?
26 June 201211016PresseuropLa Repubblica, The Guardian -
Italy: ECHR condemns Libya immigrant deal
24 February 2012507PresseuropIl Manifesto -
Italy: Relax, Germans!
30 January 201224423 Die Zeit Hamburg
After two months of political crisis, the new Italian government led by Enrico Letta seems to be responding, at least in part, to calls for renewal of the country's political class. A few unknowns remain, starting with the alliance with Silvio Berlusconi, who is plagued by legal troubles. 
The narrow victory of the centre-left coalition in elections on February 24 and 25 has left the country without a clear majority. The European press wonders about the implications of the vote and considers the consequences for Europe. 
By bringing together the many Italians disillusioned by old-style politics, former comedian Beppe Grillo has robbed the coalition of the left, under Pier Luigi Bersani, of what was looking like certain victory. Italy will now have to reckon with a new player who is as indispensable as he is unpredictable. 
As the most populated and wealthy region in the country, Lombardy will play a key role in determining the outcome of the Italian legislative elections scheduled for February 24 and 25. However, troubled by the lack of ethics among politicians, the region's all-important Catholic vote is more undecided than ever. 
Just a few days ahead of the February 24 and 25 elections, the Italian media are ignoring the success of the former comic and self-declared populist. However, according to the polls, Grillo and Berlusconi could give rise to an unprecedented coalition of anti-Europeans. 
Minor stumbles can lead to big falls in Germany. Ministers are tumbling like lemmings over scandals around plagiarised theses and invitations to travel abroad. What gets the Germans so worked up? 
Mario Monti is not the only victim of the Cavaliere's return to politics. His Spanish counterpart is suffering from restive markets and once again has to cope with distrust of southern Europe. It's a risk – but an opportunity to seek support from his partners as well. 
In his documentary "Girlfriend in a coma", the former editor of The Economist Bill Emmott analyses the reasons for Italy's insurmountable resistance to the necessary changes and reforms. An attitude it shares with many European countries, it partly explains why Silvio Berlusconi wants to get back in business. 
The resignation of Italy's Prime Minister, announced on December 7, has caused some concern in Italy and abroad. But in the face of Silvio Berlusconi's attempt to exploit social unrest, what other path was open to a technocratic government that has made such an effort to rehabilitate the country? 
Italy has long cursed Germany as a know-it-all, and yet respects it as the head of the class. With the arrival of the very proper Mr Monti this is changing, and Berlin will have to get used to some lessons from Rome.