Georgia is rocked by protests against an "anti-foreign influence" law that limits the activities of foreign-funded NGOs and media. A law seen by many as similar to the Russian one used to limit democracy. At risk there is…
Everything and the opposite of everything: this is what Prime Minister Meloni said and did on the new Stability Pact. Not a test of linearity that made Italy look bad
There is an Italy that sees its future in a renewed and stronger Europe and there is an Italy that does not really believe in Europe or, worse, that dreams of a Europe on its knees before Putin
The tourist invasion in Europe is out of control, especially in Amsterdam. The city is reacting with drastic measures to manage the influx, balancing economics with sustainability
In the current climate of uncertainty, China's infrastructure project has pushed many European companies towards alternatives to maritime transport. The current benefits: times and costs reduced by a third
In a new speech at the Sorbonne, the French President flies high and tries to shake Europe by urging profound reforms on the same wavelength as Mario Draghi, who he hopes to push at the top of the EU
On April 25, 2024, Portugal celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, a bloodless uprising that ended the dictatorship of the Estado Novo and ushered in an era of democracy. Here is the story of the revolution and its symbol,…
The European Court of Auditors expresses the most severe judgment on the date of electric cars: the EU is not yet ready for the turning point, the subject of a controversial political decision
The governor of the Bank of Italy speaks of the need for a more united Europe against global challenges and on migrants he relaunches the challenge of controlled entry to avoid a sharp decline in job supply. A vision that goes along…
The Green Deal has caused divisions among all the political forces of the EU. A poll based on 30 points gave the outgoing Parliament a bad report. A shadow on the June elections
The "Con il Sud" Foundation is a partner in an EU project for the growth of the social economy. Three macro areas in Italy, France and Spain to experiment with more sustainable processes
The Israeli counterattack on Iran weighs down Asian stock markets and pushes European ones lower. Oil shoots above 90 dollars but then retreats. In Piazza Affari, eyes on Tim and Unicredit
Enrico Letta's plan on the Single Market illustrated to the European Council: "I am not proposing the Bible but a toolbox. They are realistic proposals, now it is up to you to decide". The recipe: pooled money on financial markets, energy and…
Those born between 1 July 2005 and 30 June 2006 can participate and must answer a six-question quiz. All the details of the invitation published by the EU Commission
Draghi is shaking up Europe by asking for a profound change that will allow it to recover lost ground towards other continents. If it's not a self-nomination to lead the EU, we're close
What happens in Italy with the green homes directive? The Meloni government in Brussels voted against but is studying tax deductions for those who renovate homes
Something is moving between China and the West and the distances are reducing: it is mutual interest but it is also a good thing. Yellen's double trip and Meloni's next visit
The energy market has had new European rules since yesterday. Will consumers really be more protected? A document from renewables industrialists reopens the case of transport networks
Spain confirms itself as the fourth destination market for Italian exports, after Germany, France and the United States, with a value of almost 33 billion euros in 2023. Rome, in turn, ranks fourth among…
Industry awakens, pushing the economy. Gold and oil are also advancing
It's rare for safe haven assets like gold to collect record after record while stock markets do the same around the world but that's what's happening on the markets - Chinese electric car soars, collapses on Wall Street Trump Media
Two Italian cities in the European list of those with good climate results. Will there be others?
The agrivoltaic decree grants funding for sustainable agriculture. The confusion in the tractor protest
Patents, in 2023 Italian companies and inventors filed 5.053 applications with the European Patent Office (EPO), recording the highest number ever: +38% compared to ten years ago
For the first time, terms that refer to war scenarios will also appear in the text of the final communiqué which will be approved today in Brussels at the conclusion of the EU Council. Here's what's happening on the eve of the European elections in…
The protest of specialized electronics retailers, speak Scozzoli and Rossi, at the Aires summit (Euronics, Mediaworld and Unieuro): "On 20 March in Brussels we will make our voice heard against the transfer of the obligation to certify eco-sustainability to European retail of the whole…
Piazza Affari ends the stock market week still on the rise thanks above all to the banks but also to Pirelli and Stellantis. Wall Street and the Nasdaq, however, retreated
Discrimination against tax judges in the EU Commission's sights: remuneration, holidays and social security. Between 2012 and 2021, Italy's failure to comply with European law cost 800 million euros
The G7 under Meloni's presidency did not start in the best way and today in Washington the prime minister will ask the American President for a hand
Europe must establish new rules for grants, but in Italy you can already obtain credits of up to 5 million euros
The markets spotlight on US inflation which will be revealed in the afternoon. Quarterly reports ok in Piazza Affari. The Frankfurt price list shines
The EU directive with sustainability standards must be implemented by Italy by July. An innovative process with new responsibilities for all companies
Markets on standby but Europe is almost in positive territory, including Milan
Two years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Europe must decide whether it loves itself and learn to defend itself militarily or condemn itself to decline, opening the way to barbarism. The European and American elections will be fundamental for our…
The company's strategic program includes collaboration with SMEs and start-ups to reward new technologies. The most difficult game towards net zero
Over the past few days, Mario Draghi gave a fascinating speech in Washington on the future, indicating a path that would allow Europe to understand new developments and govern them. The hope is to see him at the head of the EU after the elections in…
It is not just the generalized farmers' protest that is infecting Europe. Coldiretti's appeal: a safeguard clause is needed to stop imports
Montecitorio gives the green light to an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire". Tajani after the words of ambassador Alon Bar: "We need de-escalation". Negotiations for a truce with Hamas continue, fears of an attack on Rafah
Europe has proposed an Alliance to develop research and construction of mini reactors. Announcements coming soon.
The leader of +Europa on the next European elections and the role of the reactionary right: "Convention on 24 February for the United States of Europe". Here's who is invited to participate and why
Faced with the tractor revolt, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Agriculture don't know which way to turn because they approved the European agricultural policy and above all because it was they and not the EU who raised taxes on farmers...
The Commission has indicated the new objectives but for an organic measure we must wait for the new Parliament. The decision-recommendation was requested by 11 governments.
In Rome car ban until Monday while in Brussels there is discussion of lowering the limits by 2040.
From Germany to France, passing through Belgium and Italy, Europe is the scene of an unprecedented agricultural protest, with tractors advancing to the heart of European institutions. But what are the reasons for this agricultural rebellion?
Better start to the year than expected for the financial markets where the watchword is Goldilocks. The return of savers to Treasury securities is also significant
From Suez to Panama, from Babel Mandeb to the Strait of Malacca, at least seven straits are blocked: the maritime routes of the global logistics of semi-finished products, raw materials and finished products have been disrupted in full chaos
The announcement by the President of the European Council, Michel. The green light in Brussels also from Orbán's Hungarian government
The demonstrations across Europe do not stop. The agricultural policy built in recent years is at risk. Italy criticizes Brussels and forgets the Pnrr
Yellen's limitation of the amounts of the T-bond auctions gives confidence to the stock markets even if the decline in rates will not be imminent. The winds of war push oil
In 2023, the European Bank invested 49 billion euros in projects useful for the energy transition. 2024 is the real test for the expected results
Circular economy: the two industries lay the foundations for a long-lasting process. The route: apply the European Union principles on product recovery
President Assolombarda's alarm: "The Commission and European Parliament have lightly made choices and passed highly ideological and penalizing measures"
The protests organized in our country have little in common with the German tractor mobilization. The right wants to take advantage of it
The US president's phone call to the Israeli prime minister is the first in almost a month amid the tension. Kiev-Moscow, due to Putin's bombings, millions of people suffer in the cold and without electricity. A document from the International Agency…
Interview with Zeno D'Agostino, President of European Ports (Espo) and the Eastern Adriatic Port Authority - Companies must be able to withstand periods without supplies, but they also need to find closer production sites. The president of Expo…
GDP down in 2023, auto industry in severe pain, Bayer in crisis and struggling with cuts. An aspirin won't be enough to cure the country. And an economy that is struggling to grow fuels social conflicts: a threat at the heart of the EU
Cyber threats represent a "systemic risk to the stability of the European financial system" but despite this the attacks go unreported. For Cipollone it is "necessary to continuously work together". The ECB's stress tests on the IT security of banks will soon be held...
For the current year, estimates foresee an increase in dividends of 6,5 percent. In Italy, higher-than-average dividend yields
Stock market day oriented downwards everywhere - negative Asia and difficult start for the lists of the Old Continent
It was January 1, 1999 when the single European currency was introduced. Initially only virtual, the banknotes and coins arrived three years later. Today the Euro is present in 20 member states and in the lives of 350 million…
Ninth end-of-year speech for President Sergio Mattarella, the second of his second mandate. "It is essential to make room for the culture of peace" only in this way will the violence end. To young people "love is not selfishness". And then an appeal "vote,…
Last stock market session of the year in good shape but 2023 will remain a year to remember especially for Piazza Affari and Wall Street
With Delors and Schaeuble two pieces of history and two pieces of Europe are gone but above all Delors' ideal and realistic vision will remain in the memory for a long time
Giorgetti recognizes in the Chamber that "the ESM would have been useful to us" but glosses over the crucial point: after the rejection of the ESM wanted by Salvini and Meloni, Italy is no longer reliable on a European level and is more alone
In the economy, as in justice, schools and healthcare, the Meloni Government has done little or nothing and in foreign policy it has been Atlanticist but fluctuating on Europe - Without real reforms the experience of the right in Government will be...
With Italy's negative vote, the opportunity to protect itself from possible banking crises was lost. Are taxpayers aware that, in this case, the government will have to resort to extra funds, which it does not have?
Decoupling between the European and American stock markets: Europe takes a breather with generalized profit-taking while in the States the Christmas rally picks up after yesterday's sudden fall
The Government is once again postponing the parliamentary approval of the ESM, irritating its European partners and giving a blow to the credibility of our country. But the showdown with Brussels is near and the meeting on the 18th on the Pact of…
Europe has been negotiating a free trade agreement with South America for 20 years, which finally seemed to be coming to fruition. But Milei's election, Lula's ambiguities and the doubts of Macron and Scholz themselves have once again blown everything up
The relaunch of luxury and the new data on American employment, higher than expected, have given fresh air to share prices on both sides of the Atlantic
The producers of the panels have the obligation to dispose of them at the end of their life. The clarification arrived from Brussels relieves citizens of all responsibility
The proposed European directive tightens sanctions for everyone. Ecomafias are always active
At the European Hydrogen Week, the President of the EU Commission launches the bank's operations. The aim is to produce and import hydrogen but fossil fuels are still at 70% throughout Europe
The Italian-German action plan for strategic cooperation signed in Berlin. There are five points of the agreement. Connected together with Chancellor Scholz for the “Virtual G20 Leaders Summit”, Meloni turned to Putin: "If Russia wants, it could easily bring back…
The European Commission forecasts Italian GDP growth of 0,7% in 2023, 0,9% and 1,2% in 2025. Inflation is forecast at 6,1% in 2023 and 2,3% in 2025
European alliance to study new waste-free reactors. Ansaldo and Enea among the partners for a very delicate job
Ecomondo is underway: until November 10th Rimini is home to the largest eco-sustainability exhibition. Hundreds of meetings to understand what stage the ecological transition is at
European industry needs gas: the gas pipeline taps are closed, the share of LNG is rising. The 2023 data is stable compared to 2022
On November 20, "Red III", the new directive on the EU's energy objectives, comes into force. Time is running out to have a sustainable continent. We'll make it?
A Manifesto of Green Companies relies on the next European Commission for an electrification plan across Europe. Good intentions but too much trust in politics
Saipem brings its technologies to the North Sea. After the oil and gas fields, the winds are exploited. Small Italian masterpiece
The Court of Auditors' criticism of the monitoring of the PNRR is making the rounds among European governments. Methods and systems to be reviewed to evaluate the effectiveness of projects
In an interview with the French weekly Challenges" the former prime minister and former President of the EU, Romano Prodi, expressed all his concern about the new conflict between Hamas and Israel and renewed his appeal to the EU to equip itself with its own autonomous…
The hydrogen game involves all EU countries. The Commission accelerates joint purchases as for vaccines. A battle that will also mark the 2024 elections.
Germany has signed a model agreement with Kenya to welcome 250 Kenyans, train them and employ them in companies experiencing a manpower crisis. This means completely overturning the logic that underlies the issue of immigration: guiding it, not being overwhelmed by it.…
General solidarity towards Israel, from America to Europe. Even Russia condemns the action of Hamas, supported only by the Iranians and Lebanese
Textiles are going strong but Italy must implement the principle of producer responsibility. The Eropm Textiles consortium wants to create a first recovery economy chain
Container ships in the Calabrian port would be penalized by Mediterranean anti-pollution regulations. Difficult negotiation in Brussels
The sense of tiredness that emerges in the West after so many months of war does not justify the weakening of support for Ukraine because "if Kiev fell we would see a drift of Russian aggression towards other countries" which could lead to a new conflict...
Brindisi is an emblematic case of a complicated energy transition. Two coal power plants closed without alternatives have caused the emigration of young people and impoverishment of the area
The next European elections, which will also be affected by Slovakia's pro-Putin turn, and the American elections in November 2024 will cast shadows and make Western support for Kiev more uncertain
America goes, Europe doesn't: two-sided financial markets - The small cap crisis continues in Milan but the Bot People never betrays
"Immigration should not be endured but governed: we must be the ones who choose the migrants to arrive and train them in their countries of origin" - "The most virtuous model is that of Germany in Kenya" - The silence of the unions cries out for revenge
Two and a half million Italians have stopped buying fruit and vegetables. Are export successes just a memory?
What's happening to Meloni? She is no longer the pro-Draghi prime minister of the first months at Palazzo Chigi but why? It is the ghosts of the past and the competition on Salvini's right that push her towards shores that risk isolating her...
THE CLOCKS OF THE ECONOMY OF SEPTEMBER 2023 – Are China's difficulties in restarting long-lasting and a symptom of a real crisis? How much will they be able to influence the rest of the world? In the USA, solid growth will hold even when the 'treasure' of savings...
Former Prime Minister Mario Monti explains to Meloni how it is in Europe if you want to count but, prisoner as she is of her ghosts of the past and of Salvini's right-wing competition, will the underdog President understand?
E-waste is a European plague, with inconsistent and lax regulations. Focusing on recycling and reuse is the only way to improve, explains the latest study by the Ref Laboratory.
An investigation by the Wall Street Journal exposes the enormous wealth gap between the two blocs. And it relaunches Mario Draghi's considerations on the need for a federal strategy for Europe. Bags in red
The EU puts sustainability standards in place for large companies. About 12 subjects including industries, banks and insurance companies will have to respect fundamental principles for the Green Deal