Publications

Our publications aim to provide in-depth information on issues that are at the forefront of the European agenda, including commentary, research, and policy recommendations.

LEAP produces policy briefs, working papers, five bullets and a monthly newsletter. All publications are available online.

Policy Briefs

V. Termini: A STRATEGIC VISION FOR GAS: ITALY IN THE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE EAST MEDITERRANEAN REGION

In a climate of general distraction, a historic agreement for the EastMed, a gas pipeline that will connect the eastern ...

May 12, 2017

C. Bastasin, L.Bini Smaghi, M. Messori, S.Micossi, F. Saccomanni, G. Toniolo: COMPLETING THE ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION AND THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF ITALY

This note argues that the Five Presidents’ Report outlines an ideal roadmap for the completion of the EMU since it ide...

March 24, 2017

C. Bastasin: STORM? WHICH STORM?: ITALY’S WEAK GOVERNABILITY CAN LEAD TO A NEW CRISIS

Rarely has Italy’s governability been this complex. Every day, within the political community, people are relentle...

March 6, 2017

E. Gaffeo, R. Mazzocchi – “THE PRICE IS RIGHT”: USING AUCTION THEORY TO ENHANCE COMPETITION IN THE NPL MARKET

Almost a decade after the onset of the global financial crisis, a huge stock of non-performing loans (NPLs) still repres...

March 2, 2017

B. Rosa, L. Caracciolo – EUROPE IN THE BREXIT & TRUMP ERA: DIS-INTEGRATION AND RE-GROUPING

Europe borders with Chaosland, a part of the world overwhelmed by great instability factors; war, terrorism, widespread ...

March 2, 2017

L. Codogno, G. Galli: Italiexit is not a solution for Italy’s problems

The rise of no-euro and anti-establishment movements in Italy came along with claims that exiting the euro, i.e. Italexi...

February 23, 2017

C. Bastasin, M. Messori: A JOINT INTERVENTION FOR ITALY: A NON-PUNITIVE PLAN FOR INVESTMENT AND REFORM

The Italian government needs to propose a contractual agreement to European institutions aimed at reforming the country....

February 13, 2017

M. Buti, K. Pichelmann: EUROPEAN INTEGRATION & POPULISM: ADDRESSING DAHRENDORF’S QUANDARY

After a decades-long process where national economies became more and more entangled and interdependent at both the inte...

January 30, 2017

F. Bruni, S. Fabbrini, M. Messori – EUROPE 2017: MAKE IT OR BREAK IT ?

We highlight the drastic downsizing of the ambition to deepen EU and/or EMU integration. These diminished ambitions are ...

January 24, 2017

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Europe: Facts & Docs

This section contains policy documents, meeting summaries and news that come directly from the EU institutions.

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