Expansionary economic measures and growth ‘beyond forecasts’
25-29 October – The week ahead, the G20 opens with a discussion of the €30 billion economic manoeuvres, which stands out with 12 headlines on the evening news. Faced with a complex measure that profoundly alters some of the symbolic measures (“Citizenship Income”, “Quota 100”) of the previous executives, the headlines illustrate the various points of the manoeuvre, relaunching the optimistic declarations of Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who on Friday assured growth of 6% above estimates for the current year. Tg La7 is still the paper that best investigates the manoeuvre, following its entire presentation live on Thursday evening. However, even Tg1 “hits the nail on the head” and Wednesday interviewed the CGIL Secretary, Maurizio Landini, who had spoken during the week on the subject of pensions.
The Zan decree was undone
Tg1 is the only news outlet not to open on Wednesday on the Zan law stop in the Senate, blocked by a secret vote that drowns the measure against homotransfobia. The internal divisions within the centre-left, with the presence of at least twenty backstabbings, are underlined by the Mediaset and Tg2 news reports, which raise, from the headlines, the accusations of “arrogance” addressed by Renzi and Salvini to the PD and 5 Stars. In an interview on Wednesday with the La7 news channel, MEP Alessandro Zan, who questioned the good faith of the Lega and Fratelli d’Italia, the authors of the “cut-off” that blocked the measure’s passage, took the opposite view. In the opinion of many, the event in question should be interpreted as a manoeuvre given the upcoming elections to the Quirinal, with Italia Viva increasingly voted to the centre-right. Only Tg3 focused on the reactions of the LGBT community, with demonstrations in several cities on Thursday.
For the rest, Tg4 continues its campaign of demolition of the 5 Star Movement, dedicating Thursday’s opening to the investigation into funding by Maduro’s “regime” (title, Friday, also for Tg La7).
Rainstorm in Catania, damage and victims. Storm Apollo worries. Great expectations for the G20
The hurricane that raged over the central Mediterranean, causing flooding in Sicily and Calabria and damage mainly to the city of Catania, with a toll of three victims, collects three openings Tuesday (Studio Aperto, Tg2 and Tg3). Studio Aperto and Tg5 offer an update on the latest arrivals of migrants and the difficulties of NGO ships at the mercy of bad weather. There is great concern about the new Apollo disturbance, while the Mediaset news reports denounce how the lack of investment to combat hydrogeological instability continues to weigh on the disaster, complaining about the poor use of European funds.
Rome “caput mundi” for the G20
On the eve of the G20 on Friday, opening news about the topic were in order. Amid cordiality and mutual appreciation, headlines and reports on Biden’s arrival and his meetings with the Pope, President Mattarella and Prime Minister Draghi. In the face of the significant challenges (environment, pandemic and post-Covid recovery, Afghanistan) awaiting the world leaders gathered in the capital, Tg5 columnist Battista expressed his hope that investments would be combined with more investments for the future immediate measures for the many emergencies of the present.
The remaining page of foreign affairs is minimal. The judicial outcome of the case of little Eitan, who will return to Italy to his aunt, is the opening news for Studio Aperto and Tg2 on Monday. Sangiuliano’s paper proposes an interesting documentary on an Afghan soldier who had provided assistance to our military and is now safe in Italy.
