Closing remarks Italy continues to benefit little from the favourable developments in world trade and international finance. In 2005 GDP stagnated, exports continued to lose market share, the budget deficit widened. Since the 1990s the economy has been as if bogged down.
I hope that as the government's economic advisor we will be able to contribute on this matter, in two main fields: the government's social policy, and no less important, in the public debate on social problems, which are both of the highest importance.