New York – The reforms implemented in Italy are “steps that enable significant improvements in efficiency and competitiveness for Italy. A country whose economy, not surprisingly, returned to grow in 2015 and, according to the most reliable forecasts, will consolidate this positive trend in 2016”, said the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, speaking at Columbia University in New York. Welcomed upon his arrival by the University President, Lee Bollinger, President Mattarella spoke in the Low Library Rotunda on “Leadership in the age of change: managing current development in the Mediterranean through Europe”. (9Colonne)