So I guess it is bad time for Angela Merkel right now. She is rapidly losing her allies (Bulgaria, France, and now Italy). I hope that she loses the elections in 2017. Europe can still be saved from catastrophe. But as long as Angela Merkel is in power, that is not going to happen.
Yes, it's bad time for her but she is strong and will not give up from eU and Europe, no doubt about it.
In my opinion, Merkel is last hope for Europe.
European leaders lost vision and direction.
They need to unite around new vision and direction or Europe will collapse and lost its influence.
Only Merkel can do it so I hope she will win elections in Germany next year.
Italy will not leave EU, don't worry about it