Here’s a story to keep you awake at night, Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is planning his return to mainstream politics. Our Southern Europe editor John Hooper writes:
Journalism
Eurozone crisis live: Eurocrisis brings strife to Slovenia
All is not well in Slovenia, where violent demonstrations took place last night for the third time in a fortnight.
Italian politics: Bersani’s victory
In the end, the Italian left opted for the ‘safe pair of hands’. And decisively so.
Eastern approaches: Slovenia
A vote for austerity policies
Pier Luigi Bersani to be centre-left candidate in Italy’s general election
Former minister for economic development in last centre-left government beats young mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi.
Left in front
The odds are tipping in favour of a left-wing government next year