One of my favourite t-shirts says, "Kiss me, I’m Italian.” I thought of this item when seeing Lapo Elkann, the chairman of Italia Independent, in action. Beyond cute, he was part of the Europa Nova conference – held on a Sunday night, I might add – who were debating on the theme "Can Europe Still Inspire the World". It was rather serious, rather heavy until Lapo began. He admitted that he was a football fan, the entire aud...