Italy’s Meloni faces prime tests over Europe and Ukraine By Franco Bassanini and Edoardo Reviglio
The prime test for Giorgia Meloni – who after the 25 September elections is likely to lead Italy’s next government – is whether she can maintain Mario Draghi’s steady implementation of the country’s European recovery programme. She will also be under heavy pressure, particularly from the US, to maintain cohesion of the G7 group of leading industrial nations in the alliance against Russia over the Ukrainian war. Under the 19-month premiership of Draghi, former president of the European Central Bank, Italy has fared better economically than many other western countries. The election outcome has added to the country’s many risks.
Kwarteng’s growth plan: great idea in principle, calamitous in execution By Brian Reading The special fiscal operation launched on 23 September by Kwasi Kwarteng, chancellor of the exchequer, has some commendable elements in principle, but has been ruined by grave underlying policy errors and dogmatic execution. |
MEETINGS  Climate finance and the IMF: in conversation with Bo Li Tuesday 4 October, Roundtable Ahead of COP27, the International Monetary Fund is releasing a paper on climate finance, carbon taxes and their impact on accountancy firms. Bo Li, deputy managing director of the IMF, discusses the paper and the IMF’s role in advancing sustainable finance. |
ON DEMAND  Bank of England independence under Truss A fundamentally weak pound is not the best platform on which to base uncertainty about the Bank of England’s future. But, barring the withdrawal of independence, there are – after 25 years of the Monetary Policy Committee – real opportunities to make new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ review constructive. |
LATEST REPORT Sustainable Policy Institute Journal In the summer edition of the journal, contributors lay out why the ‘S’ in ESG is becoming a priority for investors and why social and human rights issues are taking centre stage. |
