Italy Rises in International Property Rights Index 2025 – HuffPost
HuffPost Italy has published my article on the launch of the International Property Rights Index (IPRI) 2025, the global ranking curated by Lorenzo Montanari for the Property Rights Alliance and promoted in Italy by Competere.eu. Read the full comment here.
Italy Rises in International Property Rights Index 2025
Italy is among the countries with the strongest improvement this year, advancing to 34th place out of 125 nations. This is an encouraging sign: the protection of intellectual property, trademarks, and patents is gaining ground, finally recognizing that creativity and innovation are the true engines of competitiveness.
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Yet the progress is not enough. Italy still lags behind the most advanced European economies, and structural weaknesses remain: limited access to credit, legal uncertainty, bureaucratic delays, and inefficiencies in the enforcement of property rights.
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In my piece, I argue that Italy must build on this positive momentum with decisive reforms: strengthen the protection of intellectual property, intensify the fight against counterfeiting, accelerate justice, digitalize procedures, and invest in training entrepreneurs and managers. Only then will Italian SMEs – the backbone of our economy – have the tools to compete globally, protect the value of Made in Italy, and foster sustainable long-term growth.
Italy has shown it can improve. Now it must prove it can lead.
