Election debrief: what Meloni means for Italy

Following Mario Draghi’s resignation as prime minister, Italians delivered a decisive snap election victory to a coalition led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy. Amid war on the European continent, rising energy prices, a global economic slowdown and the highest rates of inflation for 40 years, an untimely test of European unity may beckon.

What is the macroeconomic outlook for Italy? What will central bank independence look like under Prime Minster Meloni? Do its planned €80bn spending measures and revisions to the €200bn Covid-19 recovery fund put Rome in conflict with Brussels?

This election debrief explores what Meloni means for Italy and the state of the Italian economy. Speakers will analyse Italy’s investment future after Draghi in the context of the green transition, and assess how the new government is set to navigate global and domestic challenges.

Timings:
10:45-12:30 (Italy)

This meeting will be conducted under the OMFIF Rules.

This event is part of the OMFIF Institute for Economic and Monetary Policy, OMFIF’s core stream of activities covering economic and monetary policy and the political economy. OMFIF is an independent think tank for central banking, economic policy and public investment, providing a neutral platform for best practice in worldwide public-private sector exchanges worldwide. For membership enquiries please contact Jamie.bulgin@omfif.org, or for further information please see the OMFIF website.