You may have seen it on LinkedIn or in the headlines: Mario Draghi has spoken again.

This is, after all, Super Mario’s superpower — when he speaks, people listen, reinforcing his reputation for delivering words that matter.

Last week, his remarks at a popular Italian forum in Rimini were especially sharp toward the European Union’s current trajectory. And that’s why his latest intervention is more than just another speech.

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The timing is notable, too. Ursula von der Leyen, barely a year into her second mandate as European Commission president, is already facing criticism.

Few in Brussels have forgotten that Draghi was once floated as a potential alternative for the role—despite never officially entering the race.

Yet the forme

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