Meloni and Calenda are on the field like Schlein, Salvini and Tajani but none of them will ever go to the European Parliament: this is how the all-Italian scandal of flirtatious candidatures spreads
After the Abruzzo elections, the secretary of the Democratic Party embraces realism and, while maintaining the priority axis with the Five Star Movement, opens the doors to dialogue also to the forces of the center: "It's a mathematical fact even before a political one" if you…
The Sardinian elections do not have a national significance but they make us reflect: Meloni has lost his magic touch but the left will only be able to undermine her by allying itself with the center and adopting a realistic, reformist and anti-populist policy
By rejecting Bonino's opening to Renzi for the formation of a purposeful list for the European elections, Calenda demonstrates that he has lost the luster of when he was Minister of Development and that he puts chicken-coop squabbles before a...
A hypothetical intervention by the Italian state in the capital of Stellantis would be very expensive (over 6 billion euros) but could not even remotely influence the strategy of the Italian-French car manufacturer, given that the majority is firmly in the hands of the current shareholders
The CEO of Stellantis warns the Government about the risks faced by the Mirafiori and Pomigliano plants if public incentives for electric cars do not arrive and Urso provokes by hypothesizing the intervention of the State in the car company that Fio, Schlein would like...
The failure of the ESM will cost Italy dearly and the populist triad Salvini, Meloni and Conte will bear all the responsibility - Who knows if the Democratic Party will understand that chasing the Five Stars is madness and that being alongside them in the battle...
Meloni and Schlein's Sunday rallies really couldn't have been emptier than this: not an idea of the future and no concrete proposal. Only controversy and specious attacks. Both bear the responsibility of enveloping the future of Italy...
Divorce between Action and IV and division of the parliamentary groups. Renzi certainly has his responsibilities, but in recent times Calenda has changed his mind often and willingly and has appeared as the pickaxer of the Third Pole
Faced with the long queues of exasperated citizens waiting for a taxi, perhaps something is moving and the Third Pole's proposal to give taxi drivers a license to increase the number of public cars on the street can finally…
A move to the minimum wage law may help, but it's not the magic wand. If we want to push wages higher we need to unleash productivity. What is Calenda waiting for to slip out of the trap used by Pd and 5 Stars…
"Reformist friends, who are ferring us in the Democratic Party: they don't love you and Schlein wants your abjuration": this is what Matteo Renzi said at the national assembly of IV where he made golden bridges to the reformist wing of the Democratic Party and pressed…
Incurable rift between Renzi and Calenda: the single party of the Third Pole will not take place even if for now the parliamentarians remain in the same groups - Strategic and personality disagreements between the two leaders
The surprise election of Elly Schlein does not close the game with reformism and the Democratic Party should not be considered lost but the game plan must be changed and Calenda and Renzi must hurry to found the common home of all…
Schlein's surprising victory in the Pd primaries will have effects not only on the left but on the entire Italian political scene and raises four considerations: here are the ones
Giorgia Meloni will today receive Mattarella's task of forming the new government and perhaps already in the afternoon she will present the team of ministers - Tuesday in Parliament but first the important meeting with Macron
The threats launched during the electoral campaign towards the EU are worrying: it is to be hoped that the impact with reality will lead Meloni to forget the electoral promises of his allies
According to the first trend poll, the center-right wins the political elections of 25 September and Giorgia Meloni becomes the first party with 25% of the votes which puts her in pole position to receive the mandate from the Head of State to…
The Italian crisis is cultural, social and ethical rather than economic. Carlo Calenda explains in his latest book the political project with which he presents himself in the elections together with Italia Viva. Here is his proposal
According to the Noto institute, Meloni, three weeks after the vote, has three and a half points ahead of Letta but, beyond the head-to-head between Lega and Cinque Stelle, the surprise is the growth of Calenda and…
Two novelties, a double overtaking and a head-to-head are the surprising results that emerge from the latest poll by Alessandra Ghisleri less than a month before the elections
Faced with the soaring gas prices, the Government prepares a new decree without budget deviation: three salient points
In the center-right, only Forza Italia underlines the need to complete the reforms indicated in the Pnrr - The League asks for changes and rejects the competition law
Calenda lists his goals: "Moving forward with the Draghi agenda, moving forward with the Draghi method, having Draghi as Prime Minister. And then implementing the reforms of the Pnrr" - RdC to be redone and privatized Ita and ex Ilva
Silvio Berlusconi hypothesizes the resignation of Mattarella in the case of approval of the presidentialism wanted by the center-right and unleashes a storm: "It is an obvious self-candidacy" thunders Enrico Letta and Calenda adds: "Berlusconi is not in himself"
Negotiations in full swing between Calenda and Renzi to give life to the reformist Third Pole and present themselves together in the elections of 25 September. The novelty that is being thought of is to make the two ministers Carfagna and Bonetti the front…
Carlo Calenda, annoyed by Letta's agreements with Bonelli and Fratoianni, breaks the electoral alliance with the Democratic Party and shakes up the political scenarios of the centre-left - For now, Calenda, who will not be followed by +Europe, decides to go alone to vote...
The alliance between Pd, Action and +Europe makes the dream of a great reformist Center fade away but, beyond the always possible twists and turns on electoral alliances, if Calenda and Renzi get a good result in the vote, the speech…
The Democratic Party is contemplating nominating Susanna Camusso for Milan, a controversial former general secretary of the CGIL, but in addition to being a provocation to Calenda, the move would be a sensational boomerang for Letta's party: for these reasons
Renzi: "We cannot ally with those who voted against Draghi" - Conte: "Good luck to the new crowd" - Tajani: "Action throws off the mask: it is the fifth column of the Democratic Party"
After weeks of back and forth, the white smoke arrives: 70% of the candidates for the dem, 30% for Action-More Europe, no to divisive candidates in single-member constituencies
The Democratic Party effectively rejects Calenda's requests on the stop to divisive candidates and on the clarity of the programs and the electoral marriage, barring twists, moves away
Decisive meeting today between Letta and Calenda on the perimeter of the center-left breakfast: the leader of Action must decide whether to join or go alone to the vote, as Renzi has already announced, who dreams of the third pole precisely with Calenda
The Minister of Health and leader of Article 1, Speraza, does not hide his nostalgia for the Five Stars and proposes "technical connections" with Conte's party by downsizing the Draghi agenda
Grillo convinces Conte to assert the bond of two mandates, leaving an avalanche of big names off the lists - Meanwhile, Carfagna and Gelimini enter the Action secretariat
After leaving Forza Italia in controversy with the party's decision not to vote for confidence in the Draghi government, the minister requests a meeting with Calenda on Twitter, who accepts
Salvini and Conte are the losers of the municipal elections. Meloni wins in the center right. The Democratic Party is confirmed as the first party, but the 5 Star flop brings it closer to the reformist area
INTERVIEW WITH CARLO CALENDA, leader of Azione - "In the race for the Quirinale the sequence is getting wrong: first we need to think about which government to run and then decide on the president of the Republic" - "The risks that Italy…
It is not liberal politics that is in crisis: it is the current political forces that no longer know how to interpret and guide society - It is necessary to renew the political offer in a reformist key and this is the meaning of the federative pact between…
According to an electoral poll conducted for Il Sole 24 Ore by Professor D'Alimonte, without the electoral contest of IV and Action, the centre-left would be 6 points behind the centre-right which, barring unforeseen events or a new proportional electoral law,…
Within a few hours, the alleged guru of the Democratic Party, Goffredo Bettini, but also his party mates Orlando and Boccia, went from denigrating Carlo Calenda to courting him in view of Sunday's ballot for the…
The outcome of the ballot in Rome between the center-right candidate and that of the Democratic Party will give the general signal to the local elections in October - The votes of Calenda, which is in third place, and of Raggi, which finishes…
Turnout in sharp decline in the first round of the administrative elections - The center-right loses ground, which wins only in Calabria and goes to three ballots -Ballot between Michetti and Gualtieri in Rome where the defeat of Raggi, finished in fourth…
Outgoing Mayor Grillina, Virginia Raggi, rejected in the first round in the projections on the elections in Rome: Michetti of the center-right and Gualtieri of the Pd in the ballot - Calenda fourth with less than 20% - Flop turnout below 50%
An electoral affirmation by Calenda in Rome, accelerated by Giorgetti's endorsement, would also have undoubted effects on the national political scene, undermining bipolarity, facilitating Draghi's permanence at the helm of the Government and reopening the discussion on the electoral law in…
For the next administrative elections in Rome, the former Minister of Economy, Roberto Gualtieri, will lead the battle of the Democratic Party to reconquer the Capitoline Hill - the Governor of Lazio, Zingaretti, on the other hand, renounces to take the field after the decision of the former premier…
INTERVIEW WITH MARCO BENTIVOGLI, former secretary general of the metalworkers of the Cisl and now coordinator of Base Italia - "In the report of the new secretary of the Democratic Party there are important signs of openness but the Democratic Party must be rebuilt by recovering the spirit of the Olive tree,…
The founder of Azione announced the creation of a "liberal democratic and reformist" list, which would already be worth between 5,5 and 7%: "We will prevent the formation of an anti-European government".
The leader of Action and former minister of economic development in the Renzi and Gentiloni governments has decided to stand as a candidate in the next municipal elections in Rome in a centre-left coalition but without the Five Stars which for now support the…
Ex-minister Calenda's is not just a political programme, but a book with explicitly pedagogical intentions, which was at the top of the best-selling charts for many weeks - The aim is to provoke an awakening of Italian reason,…
In his book "Wild Horizons", the former minister Carlo Calenda comes to terms with the fears of our times linked to globalization and the Great Crisis, imagining solutions that repudiate sovereignty and which focus instead on a reformist policy that…
From Calenda to Minniti to get to Gentiloni, Padoan, Leonardi, and Lanzillotta and Tinagli, a shower of books by excellent Pd signatures is arriving in the bookstore - All attempts to reflect on the electoral defeat...
The proposal by the grillino minister Toninelli to renationalise Alitalia is out of reality because even if the company's planes always flew full, the budget would not be balanced: fixed costs were too high - But also the former minister Calenda…
Faced with the new electoral defeat, both Prodi and Calenda hypothesize that they can "go beyond the Democratic Party" by creating a new political formation, whose identity is however still shrouded in fog: should the reforms carried out be strengthened and continued or cancelled? The…
New stop to the negotiation. For the unions, the text is "non-shareable". Minister Carlo Calenda throws in the towel: "The dossier passes to the next government". Bentivogli (Fim-Cisl): "Error to throw in the towel. Reopen the negotiations immediately"
The decree, which represents a step within the broader reform of Industry 4.0, was jointly signed by ministers Carlo Calenda, Pier Carlo Padoan and Giuliano Poletti.
The employees of the former Alcoa will have 5% of the capital and a seat on the supervisory board - The announcement of Minister Calenda and the satisfaction of the metalworkers secretary of the Cisl, Bentivogli: "The participation won"
Franco Bernabè, Ferruccio de Bortoli and Minister Carlo Calenda present today in Rome (Galleria Alberto Sordi, 18 pm) the new book by Massimo Gaggi, "Homo premium - How technology divides us", published by Laterza, on the disruptive effects of…
Agreement reached between Minister Calenda, the unions and the multinational. The next objectives are the reindustrialization and maintenance of operational activities at least until the end of the year
The Indian Jindal, an ally of Arvedi, is very interested in taking over the former Lucchini steel plant in Piombino but asks for clarity and certainties, to avoid traps such as at Ilva in Taranto - Calenda's mistakes and those of Commissioner Nardi - New...
From the InPiù website - Companies relocate because it is increasingly difficult for us to work not only because of the cost of labor but because of laws that are confused by unpredictable application, because of the difficulty of collecting credits, because of the environmental hostility towards the enterprise
The minister, who will meet the European Commissioner for Competition Vestager, defined Embraco's management as "rascals"
STEEL HORIZONS - The obstructionism of the Puglia Region and the Municipality of Taranto cause the solution of the Ilva case to be postponed until after the elections - The sale of Magona di Piombino to Arvedi is skipped - Double blow for the Pittini group: buy…
The Swiss group will invest around 140 million euros in all - The game with the unions on the employment front remains open: there are 800 jobs at stake, between internal and related industries.
The Industry 4.0 Plan, recalled the minister, "this year is worth 9,8 billion euros" after 20 billion last year, and shifts "the focus towards skills and training".
"It is a giant leap in the Italian regulatory framework and it is also the most advanced at European level" according to CEO Amos Genish - The meeting with Calenda was positive: "Epochal data" - The project will be discussed by the Telecom Board of Directors on next 6…
Important news for the future of the telephone infrastructure. To date, these are rumors, but CEO Amos Genish has presented a project to Agcom and should explain it to the government in February, accepting the requests arriving from Calenda. The title flies into…
The secretary of the Pd and the effervescent minister of economic development together in Milan for "Government Objective" to launch Giorgio Gori's candidacy for the Lombardy Region and overturn the electoral polls by conquering the primacy of the party for the Pd…
In an article in Sole 24 Ore, the minister and the leader of Fim Cisl put forward proposals for the next legislature with the aim of accelerating the growth of the Italian economy: from the training of workers to contracts, from competition to the network for…
Further turning point in the negotiation for the sale of the Italian flag carrier: Lufthansa, currently the favourite, must beware of the axis made up of the low-cost EasyJet, which would therefore renounce the partnership with the Cerberus fund, and the Franco-Dutch company.
The cost reduction will put Italian companies to the test, put in a position to exploit the opportunities deriving from the renewable sector. Economic benefits are estimated at one billion and 700 million euros
The final round on the future of Ilva will be played in the Ministry of Economic Development on Wednesday 10 January, conditioned by unbearable localisms, power conflicts, protagonisms with an electoral flavor - The risk of screwing everything up and witnessing the renunciation of…
The proposal by the secretary of the Democratic Party to abolish the Rai license fee is above all a challenge to the centre-right and to Silvio Berlusconi, who is very worried about the effects that would derive on Mediaset from the consequent abolition of the advertising ceiling for the TV of…
Public and private entities will be able to request and obtain funding for energy efficiency interventions on buildings, structures and production processes - Invitalia is already in the field to evaluate the proposals.
The former premier intends to advance the proposal in the next direction of the Democratic Party: to make it initially sustainable, the state would have to pay almost 2 billion euros a year to the public broadcaster: "Bad tax, public TV is everyone's right". But Calenda disagrees and Berlusconi trembles…
Governor Emiliano has dissolved the last resistance: even the Puglia region, after the municipality of Taranto, has filed the waiver of the request for suspension to the TAR on the decree containing the environmental plan for Ilva - Gentiloni: "Huge plan,…
The tug of war over Ilva continues between Minister Calenda and the Governor of the Puglia Region, Emiliano: the fate of the most important steel plant in Europe is at stake. Gentiloni asks Emiliano and Melucci to withdraw the appeal to the Tar
For the minister, if the Puglia Region and the Municipality of Taranto do not withdraw the appeal to the Tar on Ilva, the negotiation can be considered concluded and the steel plant will close its doors on 9 January. Bentivogli (Fim-Cisl): "From Emiliano senile extremism"
The CEO of Telecom Italia, Amos Genish, proposed a technical table to Agcom to identify without preconditions a network model "made to measure for Italy" and shared with all the main players
In view of the strikes in the coming days, the Irish company threatens to punish pilots and flight attendants, but Minister Calenda rises up: "Unworthy move" - According to Guarantor Passarelli: "Unconstitutional action".
During the night gas supplies to Italy via Austria were reactivated, after the accident at the Austrian site of Baumgarten an der March, which also caused one death - Wholesale prices almost doubled yesterday, possible increases also for consumers…
By the beginning of 2018 the definitive transfer of ownership to Gucci. Solved, also thanks to the intervention of Calenda, the node on the land where the historic Sesto Fiorentino plant stands, until now owned by Unicredit, Pop Vicenza, doBank and…
The Minister of Economic Development contests the Emiliano Governor's appeal to the TAR which risks blowing up the entire relaunch operation of the largest Italian steel industry and draws the attention of the entire ruling class to the future of the Taranto plant.
The predictable ax of the European Commission on the Arcelor Mittal-Marcegaglia consortium puts the relaunch of Taranto in jeopardy while the stalemate of the former Lucchini steelworks and the change of ownership of Magona put Piombino to the test.
But the vice president of the Indian group warns: "The industrial plan comes first, then the environmental plan, then the detailed discussion with the unions on the numbers" - Minister Calenda: "Now the discussion to lower the number of redundancies continues".
The 175 billion investments will be divided into networks, infrastructure, renewable sources and energy efficiency and will serve the decarbonisation program to be implemented by 2025.
According to the Fim Cisl secretary, "time is up and starting tomorrow we need to change course and focus immediately on more credible industrial subjects. Time passes and Piombino awaits answers that can no longer be postponed".
"We are discussing the possibility of encouraging the transition to methane and hybrid cars as well because technological neutrality is envisaged especially for families with lower incomes and older cars", said the minister.
The Minister of Development had interrupted the talks on redundancies and employment on 9 October. A new meeting between the sixth parties will be scheduled shortly
After the Golden power, calm returns between the Government and Telecom Italia - New meeting after the industrial plan
The Government's decision on the Golden power requires Tim, Sparkle and Telsy to entrust a member of the board of directors of each of the three companies with responsibility for corporate activities that concern national security - The appointee must be acceptable…
Friday the meeting between the Minister of Economic Development, Carlo Calenda, and the new CEO of the telephone company, Amos Genish to verify whether the hypothesis of the spin-off of the network can accelerate with a spin-off open to CDP and then to Open Fiber…
The somewhat electoral wonder of Minister Calenda in the face of the positions supported by the new Ilva ownership does not take into account the tricks that have always governed all trade union negotiations but thinking of canceling the tender that awarded the group…
Minister Calenda's theatrical gestures on Ilva complicate the negotiations and generate false expectations - It is not up to the Government to say what to do in industrial relations between ArcelorMittal-Marcegaglia and the unions: the negotiation must be left to the social partners - But…
The CFO Aditya Mittal after yesterday's split: "We strongly hope to be able to continue with the discussions and find a point of agreement with the Government, local institutions and trade unions"
The minister said that Arcerlor Mittal has not kept the commitments made in terms of salaries and seniority increases, therefore "the opening of the table is inadmissible" - Bentivogli (Fim Cisl): "The company wants a confrontation" - Re David (Fiom):…
WEEKEND INTERVIEW with Marco Taisch, professor at the Milan Polytechnic and scientific co-responsible of the Industry 4.0 Observatory, who comments on the plan launched a year ago by the Government and just updated: "Technology will not make jobs disappear but will create more:…
The Ministry led by Calenda has ensured that the public utility works for the employees of the Ligurian Ilva plant affected by the social safety nets will be extended for another year. The economic coverage will be guaranteed with the residual funds in…
Satisfaction from the Mise and the Ministry of the Environment for the quantity of proposals, opinions, studies presented. The future moves are now in the hands of the Government, called to identify technical choices and strategies that will weigh on the balance of payments, supplies…
The number of Italian Chambers of Commerce has been practically halved, according to the provisions of a decree from the Mise, thanks to "the mergers and the redetermination of the territorial districts".
