Taking stock on Italy

Is Italy in decline? If so, is it relative or absolute decline? If relative, relative to which countries and why? lf absolute, whose fault is it? And last but not least, any remedies?

Paul Betts The Financial Times
Dario Di Vico Corriere della Sera
Ivanhoe Lo Bello president Association of Sicilian Industralists
Giorgio Meletti Il Fatto Quotidiano
Sarah Varetto presenter Economia, Sky News Italy