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.
Speakers:

Riccardo Barbieri Hermitte
Director General
Economic-Financial Analysis and Research
Ministry of Economy and Finance

Harald Benink
Professor of Banking and Finance
Tilburg University

Stefano Micossi
Director General
Assonime

Gloria Bartoli
Secretary General
Observatory on Productivity
Fondazione Tor Vergata

Pietro Tommasino
Deputy Head
Public Finance Division
Banca d’Italia

Edoardo Reviglio
former CDP Head
European and International Projects
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP)

Franco Bruni
Professor Emeritus
Bocconi University

Livio Stracca
Deputy Director General
Financial Stability
European Central Bank

Antonio Armellini
Vice-President
AIICP Italy-India Association

Nicoletta Pirozzi
Head of Programme
Istituto Affari Internazionali
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.
Click here to listen to our podcast ‘What’s next for the Italian economy?‘, that discusses the economic consequences of the 25 September general election in Italy.