"There are no big changes going on in Italy right now, but the political situation is more stable under Gentiloni and the economy is looking better," said Carlo Altomonte, a political economy professor with Bocconi University in Milan, in an interview.

"To a certain point, Juncker was saying what he is supposed to say, he is sending the right signals," the professor said.

Francesco Daveri, a public finance expert with Italy's Sacro Cuore University, holds a similar point of view.

"The situation in Italy right now is about as good as one can hope for, with the return of economic growth of about 1 percent per year," Daveri told Xinhua.

"But corporate taxes are still too high and the economy is still weighted down by too many regulations. These areas will eventually have to be reformed," cautioned the expert.

But many analysts do not foresee tangible reforms quite likely before an elected prime minister and a strong government.

ABS Securities political affairs analyst Gian Franco Gallo says the next Italian government will determine whether Juncker's confidence is warranted.

"If the next government managers to form a strong coalition then it will have a mandate to take on some of the difficult reforms the country needs," Gallo said in an interview.

"If it is a weak coalition or a coalition involving a euro-skeptic party, then I think this optimism may be short lived," the analyst added.

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