Special report | A new reform spirit
Italy needs to learn from other countries on structural changes
It cannot afford to retreat from them as it has before
Paul Ginsborg, a leading British historian of post-war Italy who died earlier this year, once wrote that, “If there is a single, recurrent, almost obsessive theme in the political history of post-war Italy, it is that of the need for reform and of the failure to achieve it.” Now, more than ever, the country needs huge reforms to return to a path of growth.
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “A new reform spirit”