Prodi did not gain confidence due to the votes against Mastella and Barbato (Udeur), Turigliatto (Sinistra Critica) and a few others. After the defeat, with great institutional correctness, he immediately went up to the Quirinale to resign. "I'm done with politics...
The sirens of the entrepreneurial state and above all of the IRI model are once again hovering over Italian politics - But is this really what our country needs today? Here's what the true story of public enterprise in Italy tells us
Romano Prodi interviewed by La Stampa turns the spotlight on a joint intervention by the two blocks. "We need an intelligent and prophetic policy. I know it's a utopia but it's the only way for the future". "There is a wound in the world. It is a…
The proposal of the former number one of the EU Commission, to be launched "immediately" provides for the creation of an investment plan "with a possible interaction between public and private" including pension funds and insurance
WEEKEND INTERVIEW with former premier ROMANO PRODI - By courtesy of the publisher il Mulino and the author, we are exceptionally publishing a small excerpt from Prodi's new book "The Inclined Plane" which focuses not only on the urgency …
"I feel I have to make my yes public, in the hope that this will help strengthen our democratic rules above all through the reform of the electoral law" - With these words, the former President of the Olive Tree announces his endorsement in favor of the…
The victory of Yes, according to the former prime minister, would be a real "national suicide". - "If I had to vote I would certainly vote to maintain the investments made, I have no doubts about that".
40 YEARS ANNIVERSARY PROMETEIA. The former prime minister: "The terrorism scare is creating confusion on the markets. A dangerous process was already underway: the decline of developing economies. Fortunately, the United States is still doing quite well, while Europe is…
LECTIO MAGISTRALIS BY ROMANO PRODI AT SIOI - "Today the incidence of African GDP on the world figure is the same as it was in 1980" - "Literacy, together with the improvement of hygienic-sanitary standards, has produced a collapse in infant mortality" - "Relationships…
The US economist, interviewed by La Repubblica, and the former premier with an editorial in Il Messaggero intervene on the Grexit risk: the former blesses the agreement with the EU, the latter does so with many reservations and writes that "for the Greece is a…
When Renzi spoke of a single union, thunder and lightning came from Camusso and Landini (not to mention the Pd minority), as if the premier was evoking a vision of a Soviet regime rather than referring to the positive experience of the German union that speaks…
Pierluigi Ciocca, former deputy general manager of the Bank of Italy, presented the "History of IRI" at the Accademia dei Lincei: an opportunity to take stock but without nostalgia - As the governor explained, Visco is not from an entrepreneurial state that today we have…
The city of Naples is paying the price for the indecorous behavior of Mayor De Magistris who, despite being a former magistrate, insults the judiciary in the same way as Berlusconi and tramples on the Severino law by refusing to resign despite the conviction in the first place…
The premier was not there but yesterday evening he was the absolute protagonist of the television derby between Massimo Giannini's new "Ballarò" on Rai3 and "Dimartedì", the new program by Giovanni Floris on La7 - But the former premier Romano Prodi And…
According to the British economist, joining the euro "was a mistake" for Italy, which should now follow a completely different path: "Instead of reducing the deficit Italy should increase it, instead of issuing BOTs it should print money to restart inflation and investment" -…
Romano Prodi after 19 years returns to a Nomisma conference entitled "How to awaken Italy from a coma?", with the former director of the Economist Bill Emmott and Sergio Rizzo of Corriere della Sera - "Italy cannot beat, alone, fists…
Romani Prodi succeeds Giuliano Amato, appointed judge of the Constitutional Court last September, and will hold the position free of charge.
In a meeting organized by The Ruling Companies on the Italian Stock Exchange, former premier Romano Prodi talks about the changes taking place in the global political-economic balance - "In Italy, devaluation no longer worked" - Europe at multiple speeds - The USA…
"I will do it because after the Court's ruling, bipolarity is at risk": the former premier is therefore back on the field, starting with Sunday's vote for the Pd primaries: "Despite all its limitations, the Pd remains the unique…
These are the words of former premier and former president of the EU Commission Romano Prodi, who spoke in Milan at the presentation of the book "The international challenge of the Comit" written by him together with Carlo Brambilla, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Andrea Manzella - The book…
The book published by il Mulino "The International Challenge of the Comit", written by Carlo Brambilla, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Andrea Manzella, and Romano Prodi was presented at the Milan Press Club - The former premier and president…
The former president of the European Commission Romano Prodi does not say anything and presses Prime Minister Enrico Letta: "Sometimes you have to argue with the Germans" - Prodi has long been calling for a revision of the Maastricht parameters and an economic policy…
The Professor relaunches the proposal to modify the rules of the Maastricht treaty and rails against German austerity: "France, Italy and Spain should bang their fists on the table" - The former Premier proposes to "temporarily exclude the 51…
"It is necessary to enable the banks to do their job of supplying the financial resources indispensable to the birth and life of businesses: they must therefore be relieved of part of the bad debts that make this impossible": thus Romano Prodi…
Romano Prodi celebrates Nino Andreatta at the presentation of the book by Quadrio Curzio and Rotondi published by Il Mulino with a preface by Enrico Letta which is entitled "An eclectic economist" and which is dedicated to the former minister of the Treasury - "Today -…
Bruno Valentini, the new Pd mayor of Siena, has proposed to Romano Prodi to be the new president of the MPS Foundation. The former prime minister declined the offer. The indiscretion was confirmed by Mayor Valentini himself.
Prodi, Amato, Bonino, Verhofstadt, Squinzi, Marcegaglia in favor of strengthening the EU but recognizing that mistakes have been made in the integration process that need to be corrected - On the other front, the combative Czech president Vaclav Klaus
In a letter to Corriere della Sera, the former premier wrote: "My game is over. I hope that even those who have been defeated in the two direct confrontations can reflect on the fact that it shouldn't be just my one-off match…
Today the prosecutors of Naples who are investigating the sale of parliamentarians (aimed at sabotaging the Prodi government) have asked for the Cavaliere to be indicted - The prosecutor hypothesizes the crime of corruption - The Ruby trial resumes on Monday
CHAOS PD - The former premier replies to those who accuse him of treason ("I will denounce them") and goes on the attack of Bersani and not only considering the way in which Romano Prodi was candidate for the Presidency of the Republic completely wrong and…
QUIRINALE - April 19 will be remembered as a tragic day in the history of the centre-left - One hundred snipers shoot Romano Prodi who withdraws, throwing accusations at the perpetrators of the disaster - First the president Bindi and then the secretary…
Another failure for the Pd: after the Marini debacle, another hundred snipers also rejected the candidacy of Romano Prodi (who would have needed external votes anyway) - Stefano 5 Star Movement candidate rises instead...
After the stalemate of the third ballot, from the fourth vote for the election of the new President of the Republic, scheduled for this afternoon, the Pd confirms that it will vote together Prodi - Furious reaction from Pdl and Lega: "We are not participating in the fourth…
QUIRINALE - After the stalemate of the third ballot, from the fourth vote for the election of the new President of the Republic, scheduled for this afternoon, the Pd will vote for Prodi - Pdl's furious reaction: "It's a candidacy that divides" - The…
The Democratic Party has chosen to race at Colle with Romano Prodi - Born in 1939 in Scandiano, the Professor was twice Prime Minister and President of the European Commission - A name of the highest international profile, capable, in the course…
QUIRINALE - From the fourth vote for the election of the new President of the Republic, scheduled for this afternoon, the Pd will vote for Prodi - Pdl's furious reaction: "It's a candidacy that divides" - But the Professor can also collect Grillini votes,…
QUIRINALE - After yesterday's drama, which saw the split in the Democratic Party around the name of Marini, Bersani seems to have managed to regroup his majority on the name of the founder of the Olive Tree and former Prime Minister Romano Prodi.
Voting for the new President of the Republic begins tomorrow: if broad agreements prevail, the hottest names would be those of Massimo D'Alema and Giuliano Amato, otherwise the Democratic Party could continue the candidacy of Romano Prodi who…
Franco Prodi, the meteorologist brother of the former EU President, has no doubts: "In my opinion, my brother Romano has an 80% chance of becoming President of the Republic" and "it would be surprising if he didn't make it".
Bersani is at the crossroads for the choice of the future Head of State: bet everything on Prodi (who could have the support of Monti and Grillo) to immediately go to new elections with the Porcellum or accept the votes of…
The conference of industrial economists of the magazine "L'industria" on "Networks for the future - The governance of infrastructures for development and sustainability" - The topic is the report…
INTERVIEW WITH ALBERTO QUADRIO CURZIO - Together with Prodi I did not propose to sell the gold reserves of the central banks but to partially use them as collateral to guarantee the bonds of a Community Fund, which takes over part of the debt…
AN ESSAY BY FILIPPO CAVAZZUTI - Courtesy of the author, we are publishing the introduction and conclusions of an unpublished essay by a protagonist of the privatizations of the 90s, such as Ciampi's former Undersecretary of the Treasury, which will appear in the fourth volume of…
The former Prime Minister insisted on the importance of a common industrial policy to relaunch Europe by speaking at the 2012 East Forum organized by Unicredit - Faced with the crisis, "not even Germany can do it alone" - Italy must "Encouraging…
Bologna hosts the first institutional dialogue between Chinese and Western medicine, promoted by the Foundation for cooperation between peoples, founded by the former premier - Tomorrow the signing for the start of a permanent discussion table.
First forum for a strategic plan that designs the future of the Emilian capital: the former prime minister intervened to give his contribution to a new push - "We can return to the post-war model city: Bologna has so many excellences", he said…
"Berlusconi had caused a gap between Beijing and Rome: now a climate of trust and interest is returning": thus Romano Prodi in an interview with Il Mattino after the words of Chinese premier Hu Jintao who invited us to invest more in…
The Alma Mater Studiorum awards the Sigillum Magnum to Romano Prodi, Jean-Claude Juncker and Helmut Kohl - The three were chosen for their work in creating the single currency.
According to the former president of the European Commission, the rejection by France and Germany of the EU's intention to subject the accounts of the euro countries to constant monitoring was fatal in provoking the dramatic Greek crisis: "The Greek government - writes Prodi on…
Former Prime Minister Romano Prodi will also speak at the conference "The Metamorphosis of the Emilian model: is there still a future for industrial districts? An economic perspective" to be held next Monday, November 28, at 14 pm in the Auditorium of Carmen, to…
The former premier: "We are not in a recession and we can do it, but we are the last of the class. Nothing can replace the wisdom of the government's daily action" - We need a new balance between the state and the market and between country and country: " Eye…
Friday and Saturday the traditional meeting of the former premier and industrial economists - Pontarollo: "We want to understand the North-East to understand Italy" - Attention to the industrial evolution but also to the political and institutional evolution of the area - Marcegaglia, Perissinotto will also speak and Palenzona
Nomisma, the economic research company founded thirty years ago by Prodi and now restructured by Modiano, finds new partners with the capital increase and among these emerges mediolanun, the asset management company controlled by Silvio's Fininvest…
INTERVIEW WITH VINCENZO VISCO by Franco Locatelli - "I'm not comforted that today they agree with me: it was obvious that it would end like this because the Government was and is dead wrong about tax evasion. Even now there is no real traceability: the measures…
