The Guardian view on Mario Draghi: the right man for Italy ... for now
Editorial: The former head of the European Central Bank has impressive credentials, but his reign as prime minister should be of limited duration
February 2014
Italian PM Enrico Letta's government in danger of collapse
Embattled leader challenges rivals including Matteo Renzi to 'lay their cards on the table'
November 2013
Miss Italia and misogyny banned as state broadcaster cleans up its act
Italian beauty-contest ban by RAI chief Anna Maria Tarantola heralds end to era of women as showgirls or housewives on TV
June 2013
Italy's Five Stars lose their twinkle as ejection of MP sparks ugly row
Adele Gambaro is defiant after daring to criticise the party's ex-comedian leader Beppe Grillo. But critics say the affair shows the honeymoon is over for the barnstorming protest movement
May 2013
Italian women rise to positions of power under new prime minister
Enrico Letta continues the political revolution that began under Mario Monti by naming seven women in his 22-member cabinet
April 2013
The last stand of Italy's bankrupt political class
Alberto Toscano
Alberto Toscano: A deal with the devil Berlusconi may shore up this dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. Can it last in a land pulsing with atomised rage?
Italian politicians go into conclave for crucial presidential election
As Giorgio Napolitano quits the Quirinale, the presidency has become a bargaining chip in the wider battle for a government
A female head of state in Italy: what are the chances?
Deadlocked Italian politicians are facing mounting calls to install a woman in the president's office for the first time
March 2013
Silvio Berlusconi reiterates call for grand coalition government in Italy
Former PM says 'no other solution' than a coalition including his own Freedom People party can break political deadlock
Italian leader Pier Luigi Bersani fails to form government
President Giorgio Napolitano takes back task of ending political paralysis as lack of firm result unsettles financial markets
Mario Monti: EU faces backlash over austerity measures
We need a surreal fantasist like Beppe Grillo to rescue Italy, says Nobel-winning playwright Dario Fo
Politics Weekly UK
Politics Weekly podcast: Liberal Democrats hold Eastleigh after torrid week for Clegg
