P. C. Padoan: Public Debt Reduction in Uncertain Times – With a View to Europe

We live in uncertain times both economically – growth remains weak, especially in the fundamentals – and in ...

September 16, 2019

S. Micossi: A new drive for the Capital Markets Union

For two decades, the lack of private investment has been one of Europe’s biggest economic weaknesses, undermining prod...

September 13, 2019

M. Messori: The potentials and the dangers of the Italian economy in a renewed euro area

Overcoming the political and institutional tensions that have characterized Italy in the last fourteen months opens up n...

September 12, 2019

A. Franconi: Mini-Bot: Ingenuity or Ignorance

With the infringement procedure launched by the European Union against Italy in December 2017 (not to be confused with t...

September 6, 2019

M. Buti, M. Krobath: Should the eurozone be less intergovernmental?

Since the economic and financial crisis, the institutional landscape in the EU has changed. While no structure in the EU...

August 30, 2019

S. Bernardini, C. Cottarelli, G. Galli, C. Valdes – REDUCING PUBLIC DEBT: THE EXPERIENCE OF ADVANCED ECONOMIES OVER THE LAST 70 YEARS

This paper investigates the episodes of public debt reduction in advanced economies since the Second World War. We find ...

July 31, 2019

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

COP27: EU calls on all Parties to take concrete steps to limit global warming to 1.5°C and respect the Paris Agreement – November 4

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November 9, 2022

Monetary policy in a high inflation environment: commitment and clarity – Lecture by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, organised by Eesti Pank and dedicated to Professor Ragnar Nurkse – November 4

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November 7, 2022

Opening remarks by European Commission Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis at the press conference of the informal Foreign Affairs Council on Trade – October 31

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October 31, 2022

ECB Press Conference – October 27

President Christine Lagarde and Vice-President Luis de Guindos explained the Governing Council’s latest monetary polic...

October 31, 2022

European Council, 20-21 October 2022 – Main Results

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October 25, 2022

Speech by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary on the preparation of the European Council meeting of 20-21 October 2022

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October 19, 2022

Statement by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the forty-sixth meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee – October 14, 2022

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October 19, 2022

Speech by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the EU Ambassadors Conference 2022 – October 12

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October 14, 2022

Hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament – September 26, 2022

Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the Hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of t...

September 28, 2022