Italians and the national interest

The National Interest, topic to which Aspen has always paid great attention, needs to be redefined and set in a European context. The recent EU laws have in fact removed market barriers, yet there is still a significant difference within national economic systems and their laws. The problem lies within the political and economic establishments which are not capable of dealing with important challenges, this also due to a lack of generation turnover which is particularly bad in Italy. Finally, participants agreed on the need to pursue national interest by means of a shared view of the common interest overcoming the current level of conflict which has now reached disturbing levels.