Luciano Capone

The government is asking Brussels for more flexibility but is not making use of the flexibility it already has. Italy has chosen to pay more interest on its debt by using only 8 billion out of 15 of the EU defence funds

The Prime Minister is at loggerheads with Istat over its underestimation of GDP, whilst the minister hails the low estimates as a credit to the government.

The scientists stopped off at the M5S headquarters to speak to Conte and Todde. Did they give them a telling-off, given that Sardinia is, in absolute terms, the worst-performing region in Italy in relation to the Pniec targets? Not at all.

This result is the outcome of strategies which, over the years, have significantly narrowed the VAT gap and which the government is continuing to pursue. However, the revenue gained from tackling the informal economy should be used to reduce taxes for those who pay them regularly

Pensions, out-of-control public finances and political risk. This is how France, grappling with a fiscal crisis, risks infecting the Eurozone

For 2026, the government is forecasting a deficit at the upper limit of European rules (2.925 per cent). The use of the VAT windfall (170 million) to fund the diesel discount could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, pushing the deficit back up to 3.1 per cent 

This time it will be even more difficult, given the polls showing a large majority for the PP and Vox. However, the Spanish Prime Minister has built his identity on stubbornness.

Poland, the Baltic states, Kosovo: all the pro-Western ‘yes’ votes that the left is now renouncing to please Conte (and Putin) and join the government