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  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Draghi to extend Italian windfall tax on energy groups

    Rome unveils €14bn support package to help nation weather fallout from Ukraine invasion and economic headwinds

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    News in-depthItalian politics
    Revulsion at Ukraine war ends Rome’s old amity with Moscow

    Italy’s tough new approach to Russia marks one of the biggest foreign policy shifts in Europe in years

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    Global Economy
    Weak EU growth and Covid-hit China raise prospect of global downturn

    Ukraine war takes toll on eurozone as US economy contracts and renminbi falls

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    News in-depthAssicurazioni Generali SpA
    Bitter battle for control of Generali nears climax

    Seven-month fight over Italy’s largest insurance group has raised fears over lasting recriminations

  • Saturday, 9 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Italy lines up Algeria gas deal in effort to cut dependence on Russia

    Mario Draghi aims to sign agreement to boost volumes on visit next week

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    ExplainerEU energy
    Can Europe wean itself off its dependence on Russian fossil fuels?

    Ending the reliance on one energy supplier will involve painful adjustments for Germany, Italy and other EU nations

  • Sunday, 20 March, 2022
    EU energy
    Germany clinches long-term gas supply deal with Qatar

    Berlin and other EU countries seek alternative suppliers to Russia and ways to shield consumers from rising prices

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    Markets InsightTony Barber
    Growth, reform and ECB support are crucial to Italian debt sustainability

    Financial markets are understandably twitchy as next year’s parliamentary elections approach

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Italy displays its dysfunction with presidency race

    Another year of Draghi as PM is welcome but longer-term prospects are bleak

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
    The Big Read
    The Draghi dilemma: Italian presidential election risks turbulence

    The vote for a new head of state could weaken the government and damage the prospects of economic reform

  • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Draghi’s reformist premiership nears its end

    A move upstairs to Italy’s presidency looks the best way to carry on the good work

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
    Italian politics
    The Draghi debate: will Italy’s prime minister soon be made president?

    The ex-ECB head is viewed as a favourite to become head of state this month, but the vote is hard to predict

  • Tuesday, 4 January, 2022
    Italian politics
    Italy sets ball rolling on vote for next president

    Nomination of current prime minister Mario Draghi could fuel government crisis

  • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
    Draghi boost as Italian parliament approves €32bn budget

    Backing for growth agenda amid soaring Covid rate and unsettled political landscape

  • Sunday, 19 December, 2021
    Italian politics
    Italy’s wind turbine refuseniks given blunt message

    Accept new infrastructure or the lights will go out, warns energy transition chief

  • Thursday, 16 December, 2021
    Italian politics
    Italy general strike poses test for Draghi’s premiership

    Unions to protest against planned tax cuts that they say will benefit higher earners

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    Luigi Zingales
    Corporate Italy must enter the 21st century

    For too long Italian companies have not been competing in the global economy

  • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
    Special ReportInvesting in Italy
    All eyes on Draghi’s investment and reform plan

    What will be the consequences for Italy, and for Europe, if the prime minister fails to deliver?

  • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
    Special ReportInvesting in Italy
    Foreign investors hindered by Italy’s sluggish legal system

    Prime Minister Mario Draghi has pledged reform — but is it enough?

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    Inside BusinessMiles Johnson
    Draghi’s presidency choice may temper investor enthusiasm for Italy

    Former ECB chief has transformed perceptions of his country but may not be premier for much longer

  • Saturday, 23 October, 2021
    Talks over UniCredit rescue of Monte dei Paschi collapse

    Italian government balks at high cost of recapitalising world’s oldest bank

  • Thursday, 9 September, 2021
    Free LunchMartin Sandbu
    Bidenomics in Italy Premium content

    The country faces its best — and maybe last — chance to shake off secular decline

  • Wednesday, 4 August, 2021
    Eurozone economy
    Spanish and Italian services sector rebound persists but Delta fears intensify

    Loosening of Covid restrictions boosted demand, widely watched business survey finds

  • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
    Lex
    Italian privatisations: ‘Draghi Boys’ should embrace a smaller state Premium content

    A sell-off of government stakes would bolster the prime minister’s credentials as an economic liberaliser

  • Sunday, 4 July, 2021
    News in-depth
    Italy’s economy aided by businesses pushed online by pandemic

    Companies have been forced into the digital realm in a country notorious for slow, bureaucratic systems

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