Also in this newsletter: Bulgaria tries yet again to form a stable government
Also in this newsletter: why an Austrian supermarket chain is calling the European Commission on Hungary
But European Commission president fails to secure the backing of Italy
Poland’s PM offers olive branch to secure Ursula von der Leyen’s nomination as European Commission president
Also in this newsletter: Jordan Bardella on relations with the EU
Italian prime minister upset after being excluded for a second time from EU top jobs decision
Italy and France vie for the same role in new European Commission
Also in this newsletter: European Commission slammed over questionable job appointment
Also in this newsletter: Why Frontex’s human rights envoy wants to become EU ombudsman
Italy’s PM aims to disrupt plans by other parties in the bloc’s parliament to decide senior roles
Brussels and Italian central bank have warned that law could increase pressure on public finances
Italian PM visibly upset after leaders of centrist parties excluded her from initial discussions
Italian premier trades barbs with under-pressure French president over abortion rights
Italian PM emerges as winner in European parliament elections, in contrast with leaders of France and Germany
Prime minister says photovoltaics are threatening nation’s ‘food security’, but farmers disagree
AS Roma club founder Italo Foschi was a loyal supporter of dictator Benito Mussolini
How Italy’s prime minister and France’s opposition leader work together — or not — will help determine the EU’s future direction
If elected in June, Eike Schmidt wants to run city ‘according to corporate criteria, without ideology’
The Italian premier wants to upend the centrist consensus in Brussels but economic weakness limits her country’s influence
Also in this newsletter: EU officials try to circumnavigate yet another Hungarian veto
Giorgia Meloni’s government is following a well-trodden path by tolerating lawbreaking in the construction business
Action comes after government minister met delegation of executives from ride-hailing app Uber
Can Meloni break Italy's pattern of a weak economy and unstable domestic politics?
Public broadcaster Rai hit by protest over editorial interference and work conditions
Also in this newsletter: why Italian premier Giorgia Meloni is running in the EU elections
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