Italy after the Covid, a country in suspense
View of the interior facade and gardens of the Villa Medici.
© Academy of France in Rome - Villa Medici
By: Daniel Desesquelle
3 min
Italy was one of the first countries affected by the Covid and one of the most damaged.
But today, here as everywhere in Europe, life is resuming ... very slowly.
The terraces of the cafes are back to their regulars and on the People's Square in Rome, giant screens have been installed so that the tifosis can follow the matches of Euro 2021 live ...
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Has the pandemic changed Italians?
Are they eager to get back to their old ways?
Or, on the contrary, has the coronavirus left a lasting mark on them?
Italy is the first beneficiary of the European recovery plan.
More than 220 billion euros will irrigate the economy and the Italian administration, enough to restore confidence in the European Union ... but in return the government of Mario Draghi has undertaken to achieve an objective which has been constantly postponed since decades: finally reforming the country.
On the political level, in less than two years, Italy has experienced a 180-degree turn from the far-right and anti-European populist government of Matteo Salvini to that of Mario Draghi, very European and paradoxically supported by the almost all political parties.
More than ever Italy deserves its label of: "political laboratory of Europe".
While waiting for the return of tourists, between hope and uncertainty ... Italy remains in suspense.
Program recorded at Villa Medicis in Rome
With:
- Sam Stourdze,
director of the
Villa Medicis.
More info: here
- Emma Bonino
, former
Minister of Foreign Affairs
and former
European Commissioner
.
More info: here
- Giuseppe Laterza,
director of
Éditions Laterza.
More info: here
- Fabrizio Grifasi,
General Director and Artistic Director of the
Roma Europa Foundation.
More info: here
- Eric Jozsef
, correspondent journalist for the daily
Liberation
in Italy.
His Twitter account: here
With
Beniamino Morante
of
Courrier International
.
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