C. Bastasin: Will the European deficit procedure determine the future of Italy’s political equilibrium?

On June 5, 2019, the EU Commission assessed, in its Report from the Commission – COM(2019) 532 final “Italy, Rep...

July 24, 2019

C. Bastasin: Secular Divergence – Explaining Nationalism in Europe

The doctrine of nationalism, hinging on a primacy of the cultural, civic or ethnic unit of one nation vis-à-vis other ...

April 24, 2019

C. Bastasin: The economic consequences of Italian political isolation

In about two months’ time, European citizens will be voting on their representatives in the European Parliament. T...

March 27, 2019

L. Bini Smaghi: What Future for the European Banking System?

The European banking sector is going through complicated times. Its performance over the last decade diverged widely fro...

March 13, 2019

S. Micossi – Testing the EU Framework for the Recovery and Resolution of Banks: the Italian Experience

The financial crisis of 2008-09 and the ensuing sovereign debt and banking crises within the Eurozone exposed the presen...

February 15, 2019

A. Leipold – Not Seeing the 50% for the 2.04%. A Missing Piece of EU Economic Governance: The Quality of Public Finance

The public finance situation in Italy and to a lesser extent France has brought the long- simmering issue of the Europea...

February 13, 2019

C. Bastasin: The German-French Treaty: Sign of Strength or of Weakness?

On January 22, 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel signed a bilateral document ca...

January 29, 2019

K. Efstathiou, F. Papadia: The euro as an international currency

Two questions should be answered in relation to the international role of the euro: is a more important international ro...

January 9, 2019

P. C. Padoan: Europe needs reforms for inclusive growth – Do Europeans agree?

The debate about the economic governance of the European Union and of the Eurozone is concentrated on issues related to ...

January 9, 2019