Italy’s budget plan should be treated for what it is – a pie in the sky.
Europe: Five Big Surprises for 2019
Dealing in alternate realities is a tricky business. As is often noted, predictions are hard, especially about the future.
Italy: The New Greece?
Is Italy’s crisis the new Greece? Is it just as bad? Or different? Could it take just as long to resolve it?
Will Italy’s Finances Shake Europe?
Five Star leader Di Maio still has not learned that comments which may go down well during an election campaign can easily backfire for a senior politician in office.
Italy and the Populists: Heading for an Even Hotter September?
It may take a further rise in Italian bond yields to remind the populist government’s leaders in Rome that their room for maneuver to operate with more debt is very limited.
Less Europe?
The EU does not always need more members and deeper integration. Less could be more in the end.
Italy: The Master of Its Fate
If Italy’s government tames its radical instincts it could be allowed to get away with a few things. But if it is confrontational with the EU it will be heading for trouble.
Italy: When Trumpism Hits Euroland
The EU no longer lives in the orderly world of the Maastricht treaties, but in the world of a “populist monetary union.”