The past year and a half changed our lives in more ways than one and now that — let us hope — we are on the way back to some sort of normality, it’s perhaps the right moment to look back and assess a couple of things, including how Italy is planning to move forward.

Many commented that the post-Covid world won’t be the same as the one before, and this is true: catastrophic events such as a pandemic do not only change a country’s outlook on its future but also the manner its people think. We said it many times, even on these pages: months and months of shelter at home orders and limited socialization made us different, they modified our priorities and perhaps, for some, even personal life goals.