A missing Italy in a messy EU
Not only the League or the Five Star Movement. There is a ‘third way’ which can bring populists of Poland to Italy, and this is the path of an alliance with Brothers of Italy. The Italian right-wing party is working to try to bring on his side Jaroslaw Kaczyński’s party, Law and Justice (PiS), and … Continue reading Brothers of Italy at work to seat in ECR with Polish ruling party (and maybe Orban)
Once upon a time Paolo Savona, the man who served as minister of European Affairs until yesterday (5 February), before being appointed new president of the government authority of Italy responsible for regulating the Italian securities market (CONSOB). He leaves after eight months characterized by a lower profile than expected, with a political legacy all … Continue reading What Europe for Savona? Everything and its opposite
Europe of States wasn’t the answer and can’t be the answer. Mistakes of the past must be avoided in the future, and the future is now. Now it is time to bring the EU closer to its peoples, by mixing together more social attention and less sovereignism. Romano Prodi, the former president of the European … Continue reading Prodi makes the case for social Europe
Unless last-minute changes, the two Italian ruling parties – the League and 5-Star movement (M5S) – seem to have the intention of running independently at the next EU elections, and building up no common alliance in the European Parliament after the 26 May vote. No one has ever expressly said that they want a new … Continue reading Together in Italy, divided in Europe
Call them “alternative”, if you think they are. Politicians from the 5-Star Movement (M5S) say they are anti-system and anti-establishment. Especially outside Italy, it is not easy to put them into a category. M5S is a completely new political force, confronted to all traditional issues. Not having the majority to rule the country alone, Luigi … Continue reading M5S: You can call them ‘alternative’…