Italy emerged from crises better than expected - Visco

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 31 - Bank of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco said Wednesday that Italy had emerged from the multiple crises of recent years better than expected.
    "The pandemic hit the country when it still had not fully recovered from the damage inflicted by a double crisis, when the slow, fragmented introduction of the necessary reforms struggled to solve the problems that held back our development," said Visco.
    "But Italy overcame this third, extremely serious crisis better than expected, as it did the energy shock that following the Russian aggression on Ukraine.
    "Now we must reinforce our international position". (ANSA).