The populist answer to Italy’s woes? Bring back the technocrats
Tobias Jones
The revolutionaries are finally in power, but already looking suspiciously like the old order
October 2012
Who will be the face of Italy's third republic?
Tobias Jones
Tobias Jones: Berlusconi will not stand for re-election. Respected figures on the left are falling like cards. There is a longing for fresh leaders
April 2012
Umberto Bossi resigns as leader of Northern League amid funding scandal
Umberto Bossi's Northern League at centre of Italian corruption allegations
June 2011
Italy: Silvio Berlusconi pressed to make tax cuts by rightwing partner
Northern League's Umberto Bossi makes life difficult for Italian PM with demand that could generate new eurozone crisis
September 2009
Italy's eccentric man of the north
Agnès Poirier
Agnès Poirier: It's easy to laugh at Umberto Bossi's ideas to drop the national anthem, flag and language, but Italians should take more notice
December 2006
Berlusconi will undergo US surgery, says ally
Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, is to undergo surgery in the United States, his political ally, Umberto Bossi, told a rally in Milan yesterday.
July 2004
Berlusconi hit by minister's resignation
Umberto Bossi, the ailing leader of Italy's Northern League, resigned yesterday from Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet, dealing the prime minister a severe blow just as it seemed he was free of the tangle of problems enveloping his government.
March 2004
Row over minister's papal jibe
Leaders across Italy's political spectrum attacked the reforms minister, Umberto Bossi, yesterday after he ridiculed the Pope and criticised "thieving" cardinals.
May 2001
Bossi jibe backfires
Umberto Bossi, the leader of Italy's separatist Northern League, was given a suspended prison sentence yesterday for comparing the Italian flag to toilet paper.
