Who gets to be Italian?
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 9 June 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Syria is preparing to rejoin the international banking system, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government is trying to prevent a change to the country’s citizenship rules. Plus, US junk bond sales are booming ahead of fresh tariff uncertainty, and a German fintech is trying to bring cheap retail investing to Europe.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Syria to reconnect to global economy after 14 years as pariah state
Italy’s vote on who gets to be Italian
Italy votes on speeding up citizenship for foreigners
Junk bond sales surge as companies try to beat fresh tariff uncertainty
BlackRock-backed fintech raises funds to be ‘European Charles Schwab’
Today’s FT News Briefing was produced by Josh Gabert-Doyon, Ethan Plotkin, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Lulu Smyth, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Jake Fielding, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s acting co-head of audio. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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| 0:00.0 | We're Equinor, an energy company searching for better. Currently, we supply 27% of the UK's gas, |
| 0:07.0 | 15% of its oil, and we're playing our part in the UK's energy transition. In 2023, we invested |
| 0:14.1 | 20% of our global gross spend in renewables and lower carbon solutions. Today, our wind farms power |
| 0:20.0 | 750,000 homes, and we expect this to grow to |
| 0:23.3 | over 7 million UK households. We're an energy company searching for better. Equinor.com. |
| 0:29.0 | UK. |
| 0:32.9 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday, June 9th, and this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:40.0 | Syria is about to reconnect to the global economy, |
| 0:43.4 | and Italians are voting to define their citizenship rules. |
| 0:47.6 | Plus, European fintech companies want to bring retail investing to the masses. |
| 0:52.9 | I'm Josh Gabbard Duoyant, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:01.0 | After years of being locked out of the global banking system, Syria is about to be |
| 1:10.0 | reconnected to the world's most |
| 1:11.6 | important payment network. The country's new central bank chief says Syria's banks will soon |
| 1:17.2 | rejoin the swift international payment system, helping to formalize trade and improve access |
| 1:23.1 | to foreign currency. It's a major step in rebuilding after a 14-year civil war ended last December. |
| 1:30.5 | The new government's fortunes took a big turn last month |
| 1:33.3 | when U.S. President Donald Trump lifted American sanctions. |
| 1:37.2 | Officials in Damascus are also in talks with the IMF, World Bank, and regional leaders. |
| 1:42.0 | They're trying to unlock new financing to support serious recovery efforts. |
| 1:50.0 | Italians will continue voting today in a two-day referendum. They'll answer a big question. |
| 1:55.5 | How long should it take to become an Italian citizen? A yes vote will reduce the time it takes for full-time foreign residents to be eligible |
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