Il Bel Paese visto da fuori

“Some of us short-breakers like our cities to be neat and tidy with well-established tourist trails. Others, however, are more willing to tolerate an imperfection or two in the pursuit of authenticity, charisma and bustle”. Fonte: The Sunday Times Autore: Richard Mellor Link: We’ve found a week in Italy’s most lively city — for £439

“Giorgia Meloni’s government will seek to raise more taxes from companies currently earning windfall profits, as Rome struggles to plug a budget deficit that has raised alarm bells in Brussels”. Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Amy Kazmin Link: Italy seeks to raise more windfall taxes from companies

“Since she came to power two years ago, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s foreign policy has been dominated by one priority: the fight against illegal immigration. This has been the theme of all her speeches and international meetings, right up to the platform of the United Nations on Tuesday, September 24, where she repeated her […]

“While Italy’s official proposal has yet to be released, a key component of the plan is to advance a review of the EU moratorium from 2026 to the first months of next year”. Fonte: Politico Autore: Jordyn Dahl Link: Italy is all smoke and no roast on CO2 car emissions review

“The talks focused on strategic infrastructure such as data centers, as well energy and transport, according to a statement from the office of her cabinet on Monday. A working group will focus on potential collaboration, it added”. Fonte: Bloomberg Autore: Daniele Lepido Link: Italy’s Meloni Discussed BlackRock Investments With CEO Fink

“Giorgia Meloni may have persuaded the European establishment that she is the respectable, even vanilla, face of nationalist right-wing politics, but a crackdown on street protests at home is amplifying concerns about Italy’s increasingly illiberal drift”. Fonte: Politico Autore: Hannah Roberts and Federica Di Sario Link: Meloni’s street protest crackdown prompts concerns of growing repression […]

“With his finely tailored suits and easy charm, Italian banker Andrea Orcel looks every inch the man ready to reshape Europe’s banking landscape”. Fonte: The Telegraph Autore: Michael Bow Link: ‘It cannot be German quality’: why a bullish Italian banker has Berlin bristling

“Italy, with its aging and dwindling population, desperately needs foreign workers, but the public discourse has been dominated for years by talk of how to keep migrants away. Now, even those who had warned of “ethnic replacement” of Italians by foreigners, including Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, have acknowledged the need for immigrant labor”. Fonte: The […]

“His devotion to the job, coupled with his ability to advise CEOs on near impossible deals, have built Orcel, 61, a reputation as both smart and ruthless”. Fonte: Finacial Times Autore: Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli Link: Andrea Orcel, the ambitious UniCredit chief eyeing his next deal

“The “grades for conduct” policy, similar to a measure first introduced by Benito Mussolini’s fascist government in 1924, is part of an education bill that was approved in parliament on Wednesday, and gives schools the power to fail students based purely on their behaviour”. Fonte: The Guardian Autore: Angela Giuffrida Link: Italy revives policy of […]