Even the Eurosceptics of the Northern League are not really sure they want to
Journalism
Brexit presents new opportunities for organised crime
Crooks stand to benefit from new lines of business in the smuggling of goods and people
The decline and fall of Italian politics
You know things are bad when the return of discredited, disgraced Silvio Berlusconi is almost reassuring. In January, John Hooper asked how Italy ended up here
Young Italians are fed up with the traditional political parties
But there are not very many of them
Italy heads for fresh elections
The vote will be held in March, introducing new uncertainty for Europe
Italy’s aid puzzle
Italy fails to take up EU largesse
A Sicilian reverse for Matteo Renzi
A vote portends worse next year
A new voting law for Italy
But the country’s politics look scarier
Northern Italy votes for more autonomy
Unlike Catalonia, no one is asking for independence, yet
The death of a crusading journalist rocks Malta
Daphne Caruana Galizia wrote fearlessly about corruption