The severe recession caused by the pandemic has restored State action to a central role, both in emergency interventions in favour of households and firms and in drawing up and implementing a strategy for recovery and for boosting development. The breadth of the response to the crisis has reignited the debate over the role of the public sector in the economy.
Nevertheless, the need for a State that is more effective in carrying out the functions already entrusted to it must not be confused with the need to extend its tasks.