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Italian re-elected 13th president Sergio Mattarella gives a speech during an official ceremony at the Quirinale palace after his swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Rome, Italy, on Feb. 3, 2022. Guglielmo Mangiapane/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
For over two decades, Italy has been in a phase of stagnation. Despite the obvious need for serious economic and structural reforms, the country is prevented from enacting them for several reasons, but there is one in particular that holds it back: the mentality of the Leopard.
Rocco Loiacono is a legal academic from Perth, Australia, and is a translator from Italian to English. His work on translation, linguistics, and law have been widely published in peer-reviewed journals.
