Italy: The Debt Noose Tightens, and It's No Longer Funny
Italy in late 2026 is not "the sick man of Europe's economy." It is a patient who stubbornly pretends to be healthy, swallows painkillers from Brussels and takes selfies against the backdrop of record-low unemployment. The problem is that the X-ray looks bleaker by the day: debt is growing faster than GDP, energy is getting more expensive faster than wages, and the population is ageing faster than officials can dream up new taxes.
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