It has been a long time since the last post. I am back to propose my ideas on what is happening in Italy and in Europe for those that would like to have an independent, free of charge, point of view on politics and economics. 

First thoughts on the next President of the Republic in Italy.

Discussion are just started and the potential players have not moved all their chess, yet. Ma idea is that we are at the beginning of what we can call the "Third Republic". In other words, the end of the unbalances between the (official) different powers of the Country born in 1992. The final balance is yet to come and it cannot be predicted, but I see a different political scenario going forward, with a new managing class taking the position of the old style politician currently running the Country. 

The election of the President of the Republic is the starting point for these changes. And it does not depend on the name of the new President, that may just speed up the process, but from the different number of MPs in the next Parliament. This reduction - they will be halved - means that the works of the Parliament have to be revised. Today, due to the high number of MPs, someone can not join the Commissions or be absent during a vote. This will not be possible, anymore.  

As a consequence, I expect the productivity of the MPs to increase and to be more effective than in the past. Not immediately, may be. But the political party that understand this point before the others, will win the election. People deserves and require good government. 

As Mario Draghi and his Government is demonstrating.