That’s like what’s been for Italians with Berlusconi 20 years earlier

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I mean, we have a few close-to-be-tax havens within the monetary union alone…i don’t see them wanting a unique fiscal entity either

I’m unfortunately not putting the superbonus aside, just sidining this to avoid making it the whole point, since it triggers enough shame to defuse any reasoned answer. However, i don’t see the “south” alone to be the ones not wanting the fiscal union.

On that, there’s no debate! 😁

Learn their lesson going back to the national currency. Especially because when we had it, we were even less disciplined (again, let the superbonus and many other i could list here sink for a moment)

That’s totally another story, and the monetary without fiscal union is a major shortcoming. Fiscal union should be priority, knowing that a federal EU (or at least Euro-area) is unthinkable for now, but we should push for this rather than argumenting that Italy and other “southerner” countries would

So i guess post re-unification salvaging of eastern germany economy has nothing to do with raising populism mostly in…east Germany? We too (i guess you figured out me being Italian) have our bunch of populism, saying it’s fault of the Euro is unfair and a good way to dodge responsibility of politics

But northernern benefited from having PIIGS to blame - and to absorb excess savings…To mention one, Germany’s “good housewife” approach to economic policy needed this.

Nothing to say about superbonus…(which btw is kind of a cheap way to win an argument by removing any possible counterargument) but the point is, would a legacy currency prevent this? Not sure. Would lesser integration lead to dis-integration? Unfortunately, less unsure.

Giving up on them would make things worse, not better for any MS, not just Italy

With all due respect, this sound a lot like wishful thinking on how Italy used to (and unfortunately would) work given the possibility of devaluating at will. the panacea to cure all illnesses. should have germany re-valuate euro to match its economic condition? EURO & EU are political projects

Carbon club-like harmonization of carbon pricing (via provision in TA) can be used to make pareto-improving trade and climate agreements for both net exporters and importers

The paper studies the effect of the US unilateral export tightening on semiconductor to china. Trade diversion through non-coordinated countries reduced effectiveness. US export restrictions benefited other countries, as China found other ways to source critical equipment #TradeWar