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Lucia Annunziata, editor of Huffington Post, Italy, delivers a letter about Italy today.

Lucia Annunziata, editor of the Huffington Post, Italy, delivers a letter about Italy today.

Five letters from leading Italians from the fields of politics, economics, television, art and journalism.


Today's letter comes from Lucia Annunziata, one of the most senior figures in Italian broadcasting. At the moment she's editor of the Huffington Post, Italy but in her time she was news editor of a major television station and President of the National broadcaster RAI, the equivalent of the BBC. 

She writes of the last years events, the failed government of Mario Monti, the elections that have left confusion, even amongst the most experienced Italian journalists and political analysts, and the sense of doom that is almost palpable in the city of Rome where she lives.

At a time when Italy is in the spotlight, both for the changing of the Pope but more especially for the recent election results and the economic fragility that has brought austerity and anger, each of the letter writer talks about their sense of Italy today, it's challenges, the dangers it faces and the possibilities for the future.

The week's other contributors are:

Prof Gustavo Piga is an economist at Rome University.

Carlo Sibilia is a member of the new Five Stars Movement lead by Beppe Grillo, the new and surprising force in Italian politics.

Dacia Maraini is a novelist and playwright and an established figure in the Italian literary landscape.

Annalisa Piras is an Italian Journalist based in London.

Producer: Tom Alban.

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Leading Italian figures write about Italy today, the dangers and the possibilities

At a time when Italy's political and economic fragility is in the spotlight, five leading Italian figures deliver a letter about Italy today, the dangers and the future possibilities

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