Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rita20 Contemporary Italian Politics ISSN: 2324-8823 (Print) 2324-8831 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rita20 Germany and Italy: the ‘odd couple’ at the heart of Europe Gabriele D’Ottavio To cite this article: Gabriele D’Ottavio (2018): Germany and Italy: the ‘odd couple’ at the heart of Europe, Contemporary Italian Politics, DOI: 10.1080/23248823.2018.1436499 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/23248823.2018.1436499 Published online: 15 Feb 2018. Submit your article to this journal View related articles View Crossmark data