Let’s put it this way: Italy is in sixth The most indebted country in the world after Japan, Sudan, Greece, Eritrea and Cape Verde. In 2021, the debt-to-GDP ratio was 157 percent. Thus, Italy is on the verge of bankruptcy and is solely in the hands of its creditors. This country, on the other hand, has received about 200 billion euros in European funding thanks to PNNR. Part is irrevocable, part is repayable over time at very low rates. A unique opportunity – provided you know how to spend it – to make the reforms it desperately needs to survive global emergencies: the climate crisis, the new cold war, the protracted pandemic.

In addition to this global catastrophic scenario, our Country political collapse at all levels: parties unable to reform and choose a ruling class have become parasitic organizations that live off state seats and salaries. We don’t see genuine leadership or skills on the horizon that give hope for inevitable change.

The talents that Italy continues to show in a wide variety of technical, administrative and scientific fields are fleeing society and seeking refuge in private companies or abroad. It is the best institutions of the state that should hold them back, from state administrations to universities. On the contrary, going public today, with a few exceptions, appears to be a second-rate choice.

As for politics, its occupation should be a source of pride, an opportunity to serve the common good. But the funnel of nomenklatura and secretariats oppresses talents: they have a mediocre and loyal career in the parties. Today’s parliament is an inverted mirror of a country that essentially marginalizes merit. That is why in recent years Montecitorio has not passed a single electoral law that would give citizens the right to choose who should write laws and who should govern us.

Today there are those who are calling for a vote. Right. But who do you vote for? For what program? With what leader? Here, waiting to see how the government crisis will end, is it any wonder that two-thirds of Italians put their hands together and pray that Draghi stays where he is?