He said the country needed to improve prospects for talented young people who often pursue careers elsewhere and acknowledged that Italian women suffered “one of the worst pay gaps in Europe” and “chronic scarcity” in prominent managerial positions. He also addressed some of the open wounds of the Italian economy and society. Draghi’s acceptance of a globalized world and his vision for making Italy more competitive served as a blast of oxygen to pro-European Italians. Draghi, 73, asking whether his generation was willing to undertake the sacrifices that “our grandparents and parents did for us.” “This is our mission as Italians: deliver a better and fairer country to our children and grandchildren,” said Mr.

He also envisioned new jobs, especially in Italy’s economically disadvantaged south. He spoke of narrowing economic inequalities through investment in education and ambitious public work projects such as high-speed rail. Draghi emphasized the importance of investing that money in sectors that will move the country forward. More than anything, his speech called for action in a pivotal year for the country, especially as an end-of-April deadline looms for presenting a plan to the European Union on how Italy intends to spend the more than 200 billion euros - about $240 billion - in Covid relief funds that the bloc has agreed to allot.Ī proponent of what he has called “good debt,” Mr. “The virus is everyone’s enemy,” he said. Draghi said inoculations needed to take place quickly and efficiently in every available public and private space, as any hope for easing Italy’s economic pain and guaranteeing the country’s recovery and future depended on first defeating the virus. Whereas the previous government came under criticism for what some considered a frivolous vision of flower-shaped pavilions as coronavirus vaccination sites, Mr.

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