R. Perissich: The trade policy of the EU

The European Union is the largest trade bloc in the world. Its trade surplus is second only to China’s. Within the EU,...

October 31, 2017

P. Schlosser: Which design for EMU’s missing crisis management pillar?

The euro crisis has revealed gaps and shortcomings in the original architecture of Europe’s Economic and Monetary Unio...

October 26, 2017

A. Bongardt, L. Codogno, F. Torres – GERMANY’S ELECTION: BEHIND CONSENSUS POLITICS LIE CONFLICTING IDEAS OF EUROPE

Ahead of the 24 September German federal elections, Angela Merkel and the CDU/CSU are leading by a wide margin, although...

September 9, 2017

C. Bastasin: WHY GERMANY CAN’T LEAD, YET…

Over the last ten years, Germany has played a cardinal role in the global community. It is the only big country that has...

July 27, 2017

C. Bastasin, L. Bini Smaghi, M. Messori, S. Micossi, F. Passacantando, F. Saccomanni, G. Toniolo – ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EUROPEAN BARGAINS: WHY ITALY SHOULD DECREASE ITS GOVERNMENT DEBT

The election of Emmanuel Macron as president of the French Republic and the acquisition of a parliamentary majority by h...

July 27, 2017

C. Bastasin: PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VESTED INTEREST IN A STRONG EURO-AREA

The recent forecasts on global trade of goods and services highlight the persistency of the US trade deficit. The Americ...

June 22, 2017

C. Bastasin: INVENTING EUROPE’S SOFT AND HARD POWERS

President Trump’s election was received in the Western world – Europe in particular – with a sense of apprehen...

May 29, 2017

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