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Dismal data and decision to pull poverty relief scheme put pressure on Italian prime minister
Italy’s leader has proved a solid Nato ally but is pursuing worrying policies at home
Also in this newsletter: Why the ECB wants to keep investors on their toes over interest rates
Also in this newsletter: A conference in Rome follows up on a controversial EU migration deal
Piero Cipollone emerges as favourite candidate to succeed Fabio Panetta
Prime minister accused of hypocrisy over plan to fill labour gaps while cracking down on irregular migrants
Also in this newsletter: Italy’s all-or-nothing attitude to its pandemic money
Lesbian couples no longer recognised as legal parents on birth certificates
Italy banks on humanist values while Saudi Arabia parades glitzy stars
Giorgia Meloni backs her party’s initiative aimed at combating ‘degrading practice’
Silvio Berlusconi’s eldest daughter is the ‘family matriarch’ and chairs the €4bn company he built
State funeral held for former prime minister in his hometown of Milan
Splintering centre-right party could be ill-timed distraction for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Media mogul inescapably linked to economic decline and sometimes woeful standards of public life
Legacy of media mogul turned politician is marred by scandals
Alarmed by the falling birth rate, the government is trying to entice women into having children. But many are sceptical of the approach
Ukraine says it has blocked an unprecedented barrage of Russian missiles over Kyiv
Projects such as solar-powered facility for stray animals and racetrack raise concerns about wasteful spending
Prime minister Giorgia Meloni says ‘debate is open’ on whether to leave Xi Jinping’s foreign investment programme
Also in this newsletter: why Italy is battling over the control of Europe’s biggest utility
Drought-hit Italy requires regulatory reform to attract capital needed to improve infrastructure
Giorgia Meloni appears determined to stretch domestic rules to justify a more active stance on business
Social welfare reforms aim ‘to distinguish those who can work from those who cannot’, says PM Giorgia Meloni
Mayor Roberto Gualtieri seeks to replace ‘inefficient system’ with long-term export contracts and new incinerator
Italy’s hard-right leader praises UK approach on visit to London despite ‘tug of war’ on wording of formal statement
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