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
The president had presented a package of 664 articles which, however, was harshly contested by the unions with a general strike and partly rejected by the justice system. The announced revolution will not take place: to pass the decree in Parliament they need…
In over three hours of press conference, Prime Minister Meloni spoke about all the hot topics of recent months. The Stability Pact? "I'm satisfied even if it's not what I wanted." On the Pozzolo case: "I asked about him...
A joint commitment between the Government and the social partners against inflation and the acceleration of investments and reforms for the full implementation of the PNRR: these are the recommendations of Governor Ignazio Visco in his latest Final Considerations in the Bank of Italy
"The stakes of the PNRR are very high for Italy: the success of the plan would help stabilize the debt and would give us greater credibility in negotiations with European partners and with respect to the financial markets" says the director of the…
The reform of the Stability Pact shouldn't scare you: it's up to the government to define a gradual plan for the reduction of deficits and debt, already envisaged by the Def, and to explain it to the markets and public opinion. Stefano Micossi's opinion
Stefano Micossi leaves the management of Assonime after 23 years. His speech, given at the Luiss conference in his honor, clearly highlights the unsolved problems that are blocking the growth of the Italian economy and that the political forces…
The standing ovation of the young people of the Rimini Meeting to Mario Draghi is a bet on the future and an appeal not to disperse the Draghi Agenda, which is made up of method and content, the ability to solve problems and…
Welcomed by a long standing ovation, Prime Minister Mario Draghi spoke at the Rimini Meeting with the usual language of truth: Europeanism and Atlanticism yes, sovereignty and protectionism no.
The parties in the electoral campaign do nothing but talk about the Draghi agenda, but rarely explain what it is and what is inside it. Here's everything you need to know
INTERVIEW WITH SALVATORE ROSSI, Chairman of Tim and former General Manager of the Bank of Italy - "The government crisis could lead to negative macroeconomic effects almost like those of a worsening of the war" - Repercussions on the PNRR and trust in the Internet…
INTERVIEW WITH BENEDETTO DELLA VEDOVA, SECRETARY PIU' EUROPE FEDERATA WITH ACTION BY CARLO CALENDA: “This legislature can be considered a half-miracle. We are working to ensure that the next Parliament can cast a clear majority in favor of continuing the Agenda…
INTERVIEW WITH SABINO CASSESE, illustrious jurist and constitutional judge emeritus, who launches an appeal to participate in the vote in the five referendums on Justice, in which he has repeatedly expressed his YES vote. Here he explains why voting is important and…
In the area of the former Expo Milan will have its Silicon Valley of research and innovation but that's not enough: the President of Assolombarda Spada urges us to change pace
The war on the land registry of centre-right parties risks creating a government crisis in real wartime and causing Italy to lose billions and credibility: comedy or tragedy?
Sober but effective message from the Head of State to Parliament after the new oath in which he substantially designed a program to rebuild the country after the emergency - "I received an unexpected call" - Support for the Draghi government and…
It is not in the national interest to choose the future President of the Republic without first defining who is the best possible Premier to make reforms and honor commitments with Europe in the face of a unique opportunity for Italy - Quirinale and Palazzo…
The Pact is obsolete and has been suspended by the EU to allow governments to deal with the pandemic but some countries would like to restore it in 2023 as if nothing had happened and with the risk of creating serious damage - A…
THE FULL TEXT OF THE INTERVENTION BY GIORGIO LA MALFA on the occasion of the Portal dedicated to his father Ugo and presented to the Chamber of Deputies in the presence of President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Mario Draghi
Via Nazionale underlines before Parliament that "the full implementation of the reforms is the real challenge for the coming years": if we fail, growth will be lower than expected
If we don't succeed, Brussels could decide not to send us the installment of aid foreseen for the first part of 2022 - Among the most important obstacles, justice and competition
Meloni and Salvini, Conte and the Pd with a Bettini tendency would welcome Draghi's rise to Colle to get to early elections - But Italy risks losing the opportunity to collect European aid and make reforms...
An easy-to-use tool available to everyone to find out and check how the funds that come to us from Europe are spent. The Draghi style: competence, simplicity and transparency.
Having collected the first installment of European funding for the PNRR, the Government must demonstrate its spending capacity on the 106 projects presented and link them to the reforms already approved or arriving in September - Here is the overview of the 106…
From sport to the economy, Italy is experiencing a magical summer that will go down in history - This is above all thanks to the trust that has grown around the Draghi government which has made us see first-hand that another Italy is possible and that it is cutting…
The Assonime assembly clearly focused on the importance for Italy not only of a substantial rebound in the economy but of the formation of a ruling class that can accompany a profound renewal of the country through reforms
To move on after the pandemic and after twenty years of season or recession, Italy - warns Governor Visco - must be able to make the best use of the resources of the Recovery and demonstrate to the whole of Europe that the trust placed in our country…
The longer duration of the European bond and its endowment of financial resources compared to what happened at the time of entry into the euro can facilitate the path of reforms linked to the PNRR, but governance will be essential to overcome disagreements and vetoes
Mario Draghi has spent his personal credibility to guarantee Europe that Italy will carry out the reforms linked to the Recovery Plan, but the irresponsibility of most of the parties, always engaged in backyard quarrels, casts doubts on Italy's ability to turn…
Many have tried, but the only French president who is really reforming ENA and the criteria for selecting the ruling class is Macron - This is how his reform was born and what objectives it has, which has so much to…
Why is it so difficult to reform and modernize the country in Italy? Because there is a conservative block, not just a political one, which is hindering change - In the dock, the illustrious jurist Sabino Cassese puts four forces, indicated by name…
With Draghi, the major reforms are finally back on the political scene and in the government program - The Prime Minister in charge has already indicated his priorities and the grids of his action: Europe, work, school and obviously vaccines and the Recovery Plan...
The governing council of the association of Italian joint-stock companies discussed the latest government measure to restart the economy: "The changes are good, but the reforms are lacking".
Assonime proposes an ad hoc minister while Giorgio La Malfa suggests the creation of an agency that evaluates projects to be entrusted to a high figure - However, reforms are essential for Prodi - The opinions of Cassese and Bassanini
In his new book "Things we don't tell ourselves (all the way)", the former editor of Corriere della Sera and Sole 24 Ore ruthlessly condemns those who tell lies and nonsense about the real situation in Italy and hide the "bitter …
The sensational Bassolino case - 19 acquittals after 17 years of trials - once again highlights the urgency of reforming civil justice also to revive the economy but the reform that is needed is not the one currently under discussion i…
Assonime has mobilized a large group of experts to formulate a governance project - with an ad hoc minister - which will finally remove the Recovery Fund from quicksand and ensure efficiency and transparency in the selection and management of…
The over 200 billion that Europe is ready to make available to Italy are not a gift from heaven to be squandered but have the very specific objective of creating permanent and sustainable growth and above all require institutional reforms and investments in…
The useless debate "Mes yes, Mes no" hides the crux of the question: what health policy does the government want to implement? And what kind of investments? Clarity is needed and the first to set a good example should be the executive, avoiding the blame game
Financial resources are not enough to guarantee the success of Italy's recovery plan linked to the Recovery Fund - The crucial issue is that of governance: the hints of Prime Minister Conte and the Draghi-led agency evoked by La Malfa
Without the modification of various laws in force and the relative parliamentary approval it is impossible to carry out the reforms announced by the Government in the "Guidelines" and preparatory to the arrival of European funds but it will not be a walk in the park - We need a Commission…
Our country seems to have lost the great sense of responsibility shown during the lockdown and instead right now we need a leap in quality both to implement the reforms required by the Recovery Fund and to roll up our sleeves to...
The ResPublica Foundation, chaired by Eugenio Belloni and whose scientific committee is headed by former minister Tremonti, has drawn up a document to indicate the ways of growth for Italy, which for the first time will have resources superior to those of the Plan…
It is desirable that the massive aid that the Government is granting to companies is accompanied by a reform of corporate governance that focuses on the long-term vision and the creation of value for all stakeholders and…
The former German finance minister pays tribute to Draghi ("He saved the euro") but believes that the expansionary monetary policy has induced states and political forces to elude the commitment to reform
Dry reply by Di Maio to the uncritical openings to the Five Stars of the former minister of the Pd Franceschini - Before looking for illusory alliances, it is time for the Pd to say what it wants to do and raise the flag of a modern reformism...
Ernesto Auci's recent book "The 24 months that brought Italy to its knees" is not only a detailed analysis of the reasons that have pushed our country towards a sovereign and populist drift, but a project for its rebirth.
INTERVIEW WITH CLAUDIO MARTELLI, former Socialist Vice-President of the Council and Minister of Justice - "To relaunch Europe against national-populism, a project like the one based on merits and needs is needed and a president of the EU Commission like…
The CGIL Congress that opens today in Bari is very far from the one held in 1973 in the same Apulian capital and which represented the highest moment of a very strong union which, under the leadership of…
The recent book by Edmondo Bruti Liberati "Magistrature and society in republican Italy" is marked by a substantial optimism on the state of criminal justice but it is the civil one that in Italy cries out for revenge - Two emblematic cases in Padua and Milan…
INTERVIEW with LINDA LANZILLOTTA, former minister and vice-president of the Senate - In her book "The country of half-reforms" Lanzillotta does not hide the errors of the reformists but argues that in Italy there is a blockage - in sectors of the judiciary, of…
After the demagogic inebriation of Lega and Cinque Stelle, Italy needs to resume the path of reforms, correcting the errors and delays of the past, as Marco Leonardi explains in his book "The halved reforms"
Why in Italy is it never possible to carry out radical reforms that modernize the country but are also understood and supported by the citizens? This is what is asked in the new book, "The country of half-reforms", from today in the bookstore, the ex…
Compared to last year, our country loses five positions in the world rankings and drops out of the Top 50 - Taxes and the difficulty of accessing credit weigh heavily on businesses - International trade is doing better and…
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…
The ongoing congressional battle in the CGIL between the supporters of Landini as Camusso's successor and those of Colla is increasingly bitter and goes beyond the union sphere and pits against those who - supporting Landini - wink…
CIO Flash Bulletin Lombard Odier - In a very delicate moment in green-gold history, Brazilian voters have chosen to rely on the man of the extreme right, nostalgic of the military dictatorship that oppressed Brazil until 1985 - Here are the implications…
The new book by Marco Leonardi, "The halved reforms" (Bocconi University Editore) is out today in bookstores - The former economic adviser to the Presidency of the Council in the Renzi and Gentiloni governments recounts how the reforms of the last center-left governments were born, but…
VIDEO - Less than one in three French people believes in Macron today, who pays the price for reforms with a conspicuous drop in consensus - But, even if weaker, Macron is a courageous president and above all the champion…
Against the crisis of representative democracy on which Cinque Stelle and the League speculate, a new Constituent Assembly would be needed to update our Constitution and a strongly radical reformism such as that indicated by the Economist - The Democratic Party can make its…
With Renzi's intervention at the Pd assembly, the opposition seems to wake up from the shock of the electoral defeat, but the democratic alternative to populism will remain a dream if it does not elaborate a convincing political platform or if it dusts off the recipes of the past, as it seems to propose …
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…
"No intention to leave the euro is under discussion in the Government" assures the new Economy Minister, Giovanni Tria, in an extensive interview in Corriere della Sera, in which he also promises attention to the deficit and public debt" - E Visco: "Impossible…
Atradius shows us how the estimated GDP dynamics for the two-year period 2018-19 in Chile (+3,1%) and Colombia (+2,5%) are the consequence of prudent and sound policies: the process of economic diversification continues in Chile, while in Colombia the simplification…
In his Final Considerations, the Governor of the Bank of Italy bluntly rejects an economic policy based on the expansion of the public deficit and the cancellation of the reforms envisaged in the Lega-Cinque stelle program contract and puts defense first...
Emmanuel Macron today celebrates his first year as president of France - Without fearing strikes and oppositions he is trying to renew the country with reforms but he has also become a point of reference for reformism in…
the Gentiloni Government has included the action of the Chambers of Commerce in the part of the new DEF as a driving element of the country's modernization
President Macron is carrying out an ambitious process of reforms to modernize France but the change is producing an avalanche of strikes that paralyze the country and complicate the achievement of the objectives
From the website www.inPiu.net - After the elections, the central problem has once again become that of our country's financial and political reliability - Discussions with Germany and France on the economic and monetary future of the EU are on standby
First speech by the Governor in his new mandate at Assiom Forex. Don't frustrate the economic moment. Budgetary flexibility, but without high deficits. And banks must do more to reduce costs and problem loans and to ensure greater…
The young president of the French Republic has passed the first semester: several reforms have already been made, in particular on work and taxes - Some social measures are in the works and the abolition of the tax on first homes, while pensions, investments…
FULL TEXT OF THE INTERVENTION ON THE DEF IN THE CLASSROOM OF MONTECITORIO - "Debt is a brake on our growth potential" but "the Italian political situation seems to have forced the Government into an unambitious programmatic project" - Relaunching reforms
The analyst firm sees the recovery strengthening and revises its growth forecasts upwards for the third time for this year, bringing them to +1,4% - Italian public debt still under observation - Europe towards a cautious tapering by…
Productivity is the key to growth but in addition to investments, which incorporate new technologies, and the quality of workers and managers, the institutional and political context is decisive - Here are five (small?) reforms that could really revive…
Speaking at the CL Meetind in Rimini, the Governor of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco, argued that "the recovery is there but it is cyclical: reforms and innovation are needed to make it structural" - The Governor also said that immigration …
The speech made in the Montecitorio hall on the occasion of the debate on Europe with the premier Paolo Gentiloni - Italy must be the protagonist of the new phase that is opening up in Europe but it must do so by resuming the path of reforms
Having rejected the German model, the electoral reform has, at least for now, left the calendar of parliamentary work - The next challenges for the majority are therefore the criminal trial, which has become law with the vote of confidence in the Chamber, but above all…
The Governor in his final considerations (TEXT ATTACHED IN PDF): "Italian institutions risk adjustments of another 10 billion on Npl" - "Exiting the euro? A risky illusion" - "The central question is work" - "We need an exceptional effort to strengthen…
"If necessary, the EU Treaties can be changed" said Chancellor Angela Merkel, in agreement with the new French president Emmanuel Macron at the end of their first meeting in Berlin - Macron wades into a Franco-German axis that…
FROM "THE RED AND THE BLACK" BY ALESSANDRO FUGNOLI, Kairos strategist - Of the many reforms announced by the new American president, so far not one has been seen and the Supertrump paradigm for the financial markets needs to be reviewed: for now "let's enjoy the…
We publish, courtesy of the authors and the publisher Laterza, the conclusions of the new book ("What Italy can do") by the Director General of the Bank of Italy, Salvatore Rossi and the economist Anna Giunta on the state of the economy and Italian companies after the…
A study conducted by Marcello Messori and Carlo Bastasin of the Luiss School of European Political Economy shows how Italy alone cannot pull itself out of economic stagnation without a relaunch of public and private investments:…
The Organization revises upwards the estimates of growth in Italy in 2017 (+1%), but warns: "Absolute poverty has almost doubled compared to the levels recorded before the crisis and has particularly affected young people and children".
On the banking front, the Association of Italian joint-stock companies underlines "the need to speed up the recovery of non-performing loans and to examine existing stock management system solutions" - Procedures have been launched to identify the successor of the…
Prime Minister's end-of-year press conference - "The vote is not a threat: stability cannot imprison democracy" - "Work and the South are the priorities. The Jobs Act is a valid law: corrections possible on vouchers, but…
The very long referendum and electoral campaign already underway and the pickaxes by the constitutional and administrative judges on the reforms of the banks and the PA throw a heavy mortgage on the near future of the structural reforms of which the country has…
Matteo Renzi lost the referendum because he made so many tactical mistakes, he didn't know how to weave alliances and revealed unforgivable flaws such as not knowing how to listen and having a mediocre team, but Italy still needs…
FOCUS BNL - Low growth, low inflation, low international trade: the problem is above all in the third "B", which is consolidating day after day and which Brexit and the new American presidency risk aggravating - In the busiest USA but…
INTERVIEW OF THE WEEKEND - The economist Alfredo Macchiati explains his new book to FIRSTonline ("Why Italy is growing slowly", il Mulino): the basis of Italian stagnation is the poor quality of institutions - That's why the YES to referendum can open…
The premier intervenes on the rise of the Btp-Bund differential. Draghi in Rome recalls Carlo Azeglio Ciampi: "Stability is essential for making well-designed reforms"
The recent meetings of the IMF have highlighted the weaknesses of the world economy, which has 152 trillion of debt and over 300 trillion of assets and financial products, against a global GDP of less than half - Two mines…
Despite the disagreements with Renzi, the former prime minister Enrico Letta confirmed yesterday that he will vote Yes in the referendum on the constitutional reform: "I am committed to giving birth to the path of reforms and I am convinced", he said.
Italy is growing slowly but there is no magic wand to accelerate development: the only way is to persevere in the reform policy undertaken by the Renzi government and to focus on cultural changes that can anticipate their effects. They have…
At the moment, the large international financial operators who look to Italy are thinking more about the reflections of the constitutional referendum than about its public deficit because they understand that the future of Italian reforms will depend on the referendum and the possibility or not of…
According to the Washington Institute, which has revised its previous estimates downwards, Italy will grow this year "by just under 1%" and in 2017 by "about 1%" - Brexit is also to blame , but Renzi: "In the medium term it will hurt more...
WEEKEND INTERVIEWS - Franco Ferrarotti, the father of sociology in Italy, speaks: "Ours is a country that became rich too quickly and is now afraid of becoming poor again. But Matteo's arrival on the political scene…
The prime minister interviewed by Eugenio Scalfari to the Republic of Ideas says he is ready to sign a law limiting the terms of office of the prime minister to two. "With the victory of the No in the autumn, Italy becomes ungovernable". Six months between…
Today the final considerations of the Governor Ignazio Visco at the assembly of the institute of Via Nazionale - Institutional reforms and economic policy, Europe and the banks at the center of attention of the elite of the economy
According to the new president of Confindustria, the end of equal bicameralism is at hand and constitutional reforms are the premise for a change of pace from Italy: those who oppose it have a duty to present feasible alternatives and…
Three points from the International Monetary Fund in favor of Italy and the Renzi government: the reforms are impressive, the Atlas Fund is doing well to stabilize the banks, the recovery is slow but there is.
