While waiting to see if Italy has kept falling back in the international ranking for competitiveness (the 2007 report will be released on October, 31st), researchers and common citizens are asking the Government to fully respect the taxpayers’ will and to allot the whole amount of money collected through the "5 per mille" to research.

Gianluca Salvatori promoted the initiative through his blog on Nòva100 – read the petition for more detail.