Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Matteo Renzi is on a roll (Dixon/Reuters)

Un articolo notevole, di cui do' la fine, ringraziando Reuters:
 
http://blogs.reuters.com/hugo-dixon/2014/07/07/matteo-renzi-is-on-a-roll/
 
 
Italy, where I spent part of last week, took over the EU's six-month rotating presidency on July 1. Renzi therefore has a critical role during a period when the EU's priorities for the next five years will be set and a team will be chosen to work alongside Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission president.
 
Italy is talking about some of the right priorities - such as advancing the single market in services, and free trade negotiations with America. But Renzi is also advocating a scheme for euro zone states to guarantee each others' bonds. Given German opposition, he is wasting his breath.
 
Meanwhile, the Italian premier's decision to push Federica Mogherini, his foreign minister, to become the EU's foreign affairs supremo may be misguided. While she would probably do the job extremely well, it is more important for Italy to have a top economic post and really work on generating jobs and growth in Europe.
 
Indeed, jobs and growth are Italy's two main weaknesses. The economy is barely growing and unemployment is still rising. The country doesn't just suffer from 43 percent youth unemployment; many of those in work are underemployed or not paid a living wage.
 
There's no silver bullet. But part of the answer has to come from the European Central Bank: it needs to push euro zone inflation, which is stuck at a worryingly low 0.5 percent, up to its target of just under 2 percent; it also needs to get the euro down - something that would help exporters in Italy and elsewhere.
 
But Renzi also needs to change much at home. Top of the list is probably civil justice. What deters foreign investors most about Italy is that rules are often not obeyed and it's hard to get redress. Then there's tax evasion, a labour market that is still too restrictive, a bloated bureaucracy and a political system that makes it hard for anybody to govern. Unless all this is changed, Italy won't be able to emerge from its two-decades long funk.
 
To be fair, Renzi is on to all these problems. And it looks as if he will be able to change the political system, after cutting a deal with Berlusconi. For some, this is a pact with the devil, which somewhat muddies the new premier's overall message, since Berlusconi is guilty of tax fraud and has been abusing the justice system for years. But Renzi has not condoned this behaviour; his deal-making is acceptable realpolitik.
 
A bigger worry is that Renzi is stretched. Business leaders complain that he doesn't have a strong enough team to execute his ideas and that the ideas themselves are not fleshed out in adequate detail.
 
Another concern is that Renzi may think he is doing so well that he becomes complacent. He doesn't just enjoy the support of the people; Italian bonds and shares have performed well since he took office. After all, portfolio investment is very different from investment by industry. It is the latter that creates jobs.
 
What's more, financial investors are notoriously fickle. Renzi's stock is now riding high, helped by the protective blanket thrown over all the euro zone periphery by the ECB. But Italy's debt is forecast to hit 135 percent of GDP this year by the European Commission. If it keeps rising or there is some external shock, the country could be tipped back into crisis.
 
Renzi needs to keep this risk in the front of his mind and take appropriate action. That means launching a more ambitious privatisation programme to cut debt, as that would buy him time with investors if the markets get wobbly. It also means building a stronger executive team around him. Above all, it means staying a young man in a hurry.

 Meanwhile, the Italian premier's decision to push Federica Mogherini, his foreign minister, to become the EU's foreign affairs supremo may be misguided.
 
ricordiamoci sempre che i due postulati della comunicazione britt sono lo humur, e l'understatement. Tolti quelli per tradurre correttamente in italiano, sta dicendo che i matti che si credono Napoleone sono più ragionevoli di Irrenzi.

 qui sembra un pompino in piena regola. Ma in realtà è come quasi tutte le agenti donne dei film di Bond, che ci vanno a letto solo per cercare di ucciderlo. Vedremo poi...
 
Secondo me sei tu che interpreti in modo esagerato e partigiano. Del resto la sua e' data come un opinione personale, ma pero' e' veicolata dalla Reuters, la cui funzione e' di facilitare le decisioni di investimento.
 
Renzi sa benissimo che e' troppo presto perche' gli investitori stranieri affluiscano in Italia, tuttavia complice  il favorevole cambio UKP/EU la possibilita' c'e' eccome, sia di piazzare nuovi bond, a tassi favorevoli. sia di privatizzare, per ridurre il debito italiano.
 
In realta' c'e' un assist Draghi/Renzi che ha bloccato la Bundesbank. Leggere tra le righe va bene, ma c'e' un limite all'interpretazione, come ha insegnato Eco.

 Secondo me sei tu che interpreti in modo esagerato e partigiano.
 
Partigiano? Renzi viene da sinistra? HA avuto successo a creare una buona relazione con la Merkel, il cui partito l'ha massacrato all'Europarlamento? E' evidente che lo sta prendendo in giro! E dopo la presa in giro, il colpo di grazia: "i tedeschi rimangono lì fissi sulla linea SIgfrido dell'austerità, Renzi ha parlato a vuoto".
E il "may be misguided" sulla Mogherini, che in Europa è un'assoluta nullità, è puro understatement...

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Manno', io partirei dalla prima frase, che e' accurata e daì il contesto del resto: 'its youthful dynamism bought him time'.
 
Merkel sa benissimo che molta EU e' stanca di austerita', ma non vuole le euro-obbligazioni, che mettono in comune il debito - eppure e' federalista.
 
Gli UK stanno scoprendo che il federalismo mica significa 'anything goes', eppero' non significa neanche Bundesbank.
 
IMHO Renzi deve identificare cosa l'Italia puo' dare all'EU, il contrario lo fa gia' e nessuno si scandalizza. 
E' stato notato che nel suo discorso inaugurale NON ha spiegato il programma della Presidenza Italiana, e questo e' un errore grave, visto che si gioca in squadra. Ma e'  la sua inesperienza 'youthful dynamism' che un inglese contrappone alla senilita' e figura dimmerda di Cameron. 
Stacci.

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dov'è scritto il nome di Cameron?

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Epperche' ci dovrebbe essere scritto, Minculpop? E' un mio commento.
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