Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kunyange zvazvo Metternich akanga achineta, zviyeuchidzo zvakaramba zvichiyerera zvichibva muhofisi yake. Pasinei naizvozvi, haana kufanoona dambudziko rokuvaka. Papa mutsva Pius IX akanga achiwana mukurumbira somunhu aifarira nyika yake, achirwisa Metternich neAustria; panguva imwe cheteyo, Umambo hwacho hwakasangana nokushaya mabasa uye kukwira kwemitengo somugumisiro wokusanokohwa zvakanaka. Metternich akashamiswa nokunyunyuta kwevaItaly, Papa, naPalmerston paakarayira kubatwa kweFerrara yaidzorwa naPapa muzhizha ra1847. Pasinei nokuwana chibvumirano cheFrance kwenguva yokutanga mumakore kubva kuna François Guizot pamusoro peHondo yeVanhu veSwitzerland, France neAustria vakamanikidzwa kutsigira makantoni akapatsanuka. Vaviri vacho vakakumbira musangano, asi hurumende yakavaparadza. Kwaiva kurova kukuru mukurumbira waMetternich, uye vashori vake muVienna vakakuidza uchapupu hwokusagona kwake. Muna January 1848 Metternich akafanotaura nezvematambudziko aizoitika muItaly mugore raizouya. Akaita izvi nokutumira nhume, Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont kuItaly; nokumutsiridza zvirongwa zvake zva1817 zvehofisi yehurumende yeItaly; uye nokuronga zvirongwa zvakasiyana-siyana zvechiitiko neFrance. Mukupera kwaFebruary Field Marshal weAustria Joseph Radetsky akaisa Austria Italy (Lombardy-Venetia) pasi pemutemo wehondo sezvo mhirizhonga yakapararira. Pasinei neizvi nokunzwa nezvekumutsidzirwa kutsva muFrance
Metternich akanga akangwarira, achiri kufunga kuti chimurenga chomunyika yacho chaisaita. Akarondedzerwa nomumwe mumiriri weSaxon, mumashoko omunyori woupenyu Musulin, so"akaderera kuva mumvuri waaichimbova".