apparent solutionsThe EU’s response to the housing crisis risks being worse than the problem itselfThe draft Affordable Housing Act proposes local restrictions on lettings and property sales to tackle housing stress. However, the primary issue that requires attention is the shortage of supply.byGuglielmo Barone e Carlo Stagnaro10 SEP 26
The Meloni government’s recordAccounts and financial statements in order: goodbyCarlo Stagnaro4 SEP 26
the comparisonThe Netherlands and Norway: two different models of energy transitionBoth are pursuing decarbonisation, but with one key difference: Amsterdam intends to bind future governments to the current decision, declaring the permanent closure of the Groningen gas field, whilst Oslo bases its policies on this issue on realismbyCarlo Stagnaro29 AUG 26
1946–2026Dolly Parton has passed away like a true rock star. A paragon of intelligence, courage and styleThe singer died on Tuesday at the age of 80. She had declined the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which had been offered to her twice by Trump and once by Biden, but rarely has there been such a bipartisan outpouring of condolences. A career spanning acting, charity work and almost three thousand songsbyCarlo Stagnaro26 AUG 26
low efficiencyThe energy sector reveals that competition in Italy remains purely theoreticalIt is not just the general macroeconomic instability and the effects of the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East: both the wholesale market and regulated infrastructure have underlying issues that prevent healthy competitionbyCarlo Stagnaro12 AUG 26
AnalysisVannacci’s economic policy is very much reminiscent of the leftThe ‘Futuro Nazionale’ programme focuses on industry and criticises the European Stability Pact. The only point on which the divide with the broader coalition appears unbridgeable would seem to be the Green Deal. But is that really the case?byCarlo Stagnaro12 AUG 26
the appointmentBagnai at the Competition Authority: a headache for the regulator, a sop for the northThe arrival of the League MP at the AGCM represents a concession to the party’s pro-European factions, but also raises a number of questions regarding his backgroundbyCarlo Stagnaro7 AUG 26
BolkesteinGualtieri’s change of tack on the beachesThe City of Rome is awarding 31 beach concessions along the Ostia coastline and setting an example for other cities, which are gradually beginning to take action. The national issue remains, but after years of opposition to liberalisation, things are set to changebyCarlo Stagnaro1 AUG 26
energy sectorSchlein’s energy programme is not entirely convincingThe secretary of the PD outlined her ideas in an interview with the editor. She rightly emphasises regulatory simplification, but remained vague on the ETS and taxation, and the "Sardinia model"byCarlo Stagnaro25 JUL 26
a cross-party successMeloni and Gualtieri reach an agreement on the waste-to-energy plantThe government and the Mayor of Rome have persuaded Brussels on the ETS. The obligation to adopt the new mechanism remains, but has been postponed until 2036byLuciano Capone e Carlo Stagnaro23 JUL 26