The international press saluted Mario Draghi’s appointment as the new Italian prime minister with optimism. Italy is given “another chance” (The Economist). Italy is turning in a “power player in Europe” (The New York Times). Mr. Draghi wasted no time and asked his aides for radical reforms proposals. Against this backdrop, on 23 March, the Italian Competition Authority (the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, or “AGCM”) issued a series of proposals for competitive reforms, in its consulting role for the Draghi’s government. One of such proposals is the temporary suspension of the Italian Public Procurement Code (“PPC”) and the direct application of the 2014 EU Directives regulating public tenders (the “Proposal”).