Tag: Mario Draghi
A Meloni win could push Italy out of the EU
Giorgia Meloni Was Minister for Youth and Sport in Silvio Berlusconi’s cabinet. How many governments has there been in Italy that were said to mean the end of monetary union,…
These right-wing parties want to rule Italy
Rome “You are patriots in our hearts,” Ercole had printed on his T-shirt, with a heart-shaped photo of Giorgia Meloni above it. The 56-year-old – wearing the blue cap of…
Higher returns and more debt
Possible Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the campaign date An election victory for the right-wing parties could lead to further spread widening. (Photo: Bloomberg) Rome The Italians have not yet…
How right is the country really?
Giorgia Meloni’s campaign event in Cagliari A deep rift runs through the country: here the left, there the right. (Photo: GIANNI CIPRIANO/The New York Tim) Rome Stefano Zumino has been…
A Meloni win could push Italy out of the EU
Giorgia Meloni Was Minister for Youth and Sport in Silvio Berlusconi’s cabinet. How many governments has there been in Italy that were said to mean the end of monetary union,…
The woman with two faces who wants to rule Italy
Genoa On a covered pier between Genoa’s aquarium and the old harbor basin, Giorgia Meloni gathers next to the campaign stage: she adjusts her blouse, grabs a hand microphone, and…
These are the promises of Italy’s right – and they cost them
Silvio Berlusconi (left), Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini at an event in 2019 The three major parties of the centre-right bloc currently have more than 45 percent of the votes…
Unicredit CEO Andrea Orcel warns that ECB interest rates are too high
Frankfurt “We are all expecting a recession,” says Andrea Orcel at the Handelsblatt Bank Summit. The only question is how strong it will be. “It all depends on a series…
Unicredit CEO Andrea Orcel warns that ECB interest rates are too high
Frankfurt “We are all expecting a recession,” says Andrea Orcel at the Handelsblatt Bank Summit. The only question is how strong it will be. “It all depends on a series…
Markets and investors are worried
Giorgia Meloni The leader of Italy’s post-fascist brothers is unsettling investors. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt, Rome According to Matteo Salvini, head of the Italian right-wing party Lega, after the parliamentary elections…
Lufthansa is defeated in the bidding war for ITA Airways
Frankfurt, Rome Lufthansa gets nothing from the privatization of the Italian state airline ITA Airways. The government wants to conduct exclusive negotiations with the US financial investor Certares about a…
Lufthansa is defeated in the bidding war for ITA Airways
ITA Airways Lufthansa does not come into play with the Alitalia successor. (Photo: Reuters) Rome, Frankfurt Lufthansa is not involved in the privatization of the Italian state airline ITA Airways.…
Hedge funds bet $39 billion against government bonds
View of Rome at night Italy is coming under pressure again on the markets. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) Frankfurt Highly indebted Italy is back in the focus of speculators. The uncertainty…
Andrea Orcel wants to relax the relationship with the government
Rome It should have been his first big deal: last year, Unicredit boss Andrea Orcel wanted to buy the crisis bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) from the Italian…
A new test for solidarity in the EU
Paris Common interests may sustain alliances in peacetime. But an alliance that is to be able to win wars and face crises needs something else: namely the willingness to put…
A new test for solidarity in the EU
Paris Common interests may sustain alliances in peacetime. But an alliance that is to be able to win wars and face crises needs something else: namely the willingness to put…
Will Italy pose a threat to the euro zone after the election?
Rome A light-flooded room with a view of the garden, plush sofas in the background, the dress in a light green summer color: Giorgia Meloni chose a presidential ambience for…
Health policy is more than the fight against corona viruses
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach In the past, the SPD politician and qualified epidemiologist was mostly right with his gloomy forecasts. (Photo: dpa) For many, Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach…
Health policy is more than the fight against corona viruses
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach In the past, the SPD politician and qualified epidemiologist was mostly right with his gloomy forecasts. (Photo: dpa) For many, Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach…
The ECB’s new purchase program is toxic for the currency union
Capital market interest rates, including interest rates on government bonds, have risen sharply since the end of last year. Investors want to be compensated for the expected inflation and are…