He obtained his degree in international law at Pavia. After a training period at the European Community in Brussels, he was London correspondent for Indro Montanelli’s “il Giornale”, subsequently becoming special correspondent in Eastern Europe, Russia and China. He was seconded to “The Economist” in London and then served as Washington correspondent for “la Voce”.
He has been writing for the “Corriere della Sera” since 1995 and since 1998 he has been moderating the online forum “Italians”. He was a contributor and a correspondent for “The Economist” and in Brussels he was voted “European Journalist of the Year 2004”. Since 2007, his journalism has been distributed by the New York Times Syndicate.