he became a journalist in 2010 and for years has been an economic columnist for "il giornale". in 2014, he wrote on behalf of matteo salvini and northern league a manual entitled "basta euro" ("no more euro"). in the same year, he was candidate for the european parliament with the northern league, but he was not elected. in october 2014, he was appointed economic manager of the party and therefore abandoned the teaching activity to devote himself full time to politics.