Prodi’s advisers went to considerable lengths to stress the importance of his ‘state of the Union’ speech in Bruges on Monday (12 November). Keen to secure maximum coverage, they circulated its key ...

The confirmation followed a meeting of fellow commissioners which resulted in an anodyne statement expressing “regret” at the “à la carte” application of the rules that let France and Germany off the ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Italy news every morning. Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, accused Romano Prodi, his challenger, last night of being the front ...