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Former Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti discusses his country’s elections and the rise of populism.
“Compared to Berlusconi, Monti is incredibly boring” – one of Mario Monti’s former students tells Channel 4 News why she believes he is the right person to lead Italy.
Markets slumped today on the news that Silvio Berlusconi, who bowed out of Italian politics to give way to Mario Monti one year ago, could run to become Italian president for a fifth term.
President Napolitano has asked technocrat Mario Monti to form a new Italian government. Mr Monti said he wanted to work with the president to eliminate his “reservations” in accepting the post.
Catholics around the world have reacted with shock to the first papal abdication since the Middle Ages. Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti said he was “very shaken” – but what do UK Catholics think?
Silvio Berlusconi’s offer to resign as Italian prime minister has been accepted by President Napolitano, paving the way for his likely replacement by technocrat Mario Monti.
A new government could be formed in Italy within days after the Italian president named the centre-left deputy leader Enrico Letta as prime minister designate.
As the banking crisis in Cyprus continues, what comes next? And what has happened to other EU countries that have been bailed out?
Political deadlock in the Italian elections reignites fears over the eurozone crisis, as a hung parliament beckons and markets react with an immediate rise in borrowing costs for the country.
After inconclusive election results which saw a rise in support for anti-austerity parties, where does Italy go from here and what does it mean for the rest of Europe?
Italy heads towards political gridlock after two days of voting in crucial elections, our foreign correspondent Jonathan Rugman reports.
He’s been convicted of tax fraud and is charged with paying for sex. But despite the protests Silvio Berlusconi could lead his conservative coalition back into power, writes Felicity Spector.
As Italians head to the polls to decide if the gaffe-prone, wise-cracking Silvio Berlusconi should get another term as prime minister, Channel 4 News asks if charisma will be key?
Gary Gibbon
As Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg joins European leaders in Oslo to receive the Nobel peace prize, the message ringing out from speeches is that the the EU may be mind-numbing and regularly mistaken – but jaw-jaw is better than war-war.
Jon Snow
Jon Snow has been to Sienna to find out what politicians, academics and journalists from around Europe think of the euro crisis – and each other.