Ka kammala wannan jumla: Ko da yake Metternich ya gaji, an ci gaba da fitar da takardun daga ofishinsa. Duk da wannan, bai hango matsalar ginin ba. Sabon Paparoma Pius IX yana samun suna a matsayin ɗan kishin ƙasa mai sassaucin ra'ayi, yana daidaita Metternich da Austria; a lokaci guda, Daular ta sami rashin aikin yi da hauhawar farashi sakamakon rashin girbi. Metternich ya yi mamakin kukan Italiya, Paparoma, da Palmerston lokacin da ya ba da umarnin mamaye Ferrara da Paparoma ke sarrafawa a lokacin rani na 1847. Duk da tabbatar da yarjejeniyar Faransa a karon farko a cikin shekaru daga François Guizot a kan yakin basasa na Switzerland, Faransa da Austria sun tilasta su goyi bayan kantuna masu rabuwa. Su biyun sun ba da shawarar yin taro, amma gwamnati ta murkushe tawayen. Ya kasance babbar matsala ga darajar Metternich, kuma abokan adawarsa a Vienna sun kira shi shaida na rashin iyawarsa. A cikin Janairu 1848 Metternich ya yi hasashen rikici a Italiya a cikin shekara mai zuwa. Ya yi aiki a kan wannan ta hanyar aikawa da wani manzo, Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont zuwa Italiya; ta hanyar tayar da shirinsa na 1817 don shugabancin Italiya; da kuma shirya shirye-shiryen gaggawa daban-daban tare da Faransanci. A ƙarshen Fabrairu, Field Marshal na Austrian Joseph Radetsky ya sanya Italiya ta Austriya (Lombardy-Venetia) a ƙarƙashin dokar ta baci yayin da rikice-rikice ke yaɗuwa. Duk da wannan da kuma ji na sabunta
Tun bayan juyin juya hali a Faransa, Metternich ya kasance mai hankali, har yanzu yana tunanin juyin juya halin gida ba zai yiwu ba. Wani jami'in diflomasiyyar Saxon ya bayyana shi, a cikin kalmomin marubucin tarihin Musulin, "ya ragu zuwa inuwar tsohonsa".