C. Bastasin: ON ITALY’S ISOLATION IN EUROPE

Italy is suffering from isolation in the European Union and the euro area. This goes far beyond anecdotal evidence of Pr...

September, 29 2016

M. Messori: On Europe, Post-Bratislava

It would be useful to expand and modify Chancellor Merkel’s European agenda in order to reduce the possibility of unde...

September, 21 2016

S. Micossi: On the Italian Criticism of the Bratislava Summit

On migration, while the concerns of Eastern European states were addressed, resulting in explicit promises to aid Bulgar...

September, 19 2016

C. Bastasin: ON MERKEL’S ROLE IN THE REFUGEE CRISIS

Merkel’s management of the Euro crisis actually hinged on the architecture of non- political institutions, with fi...

March, 9 2016

C. Bastasin: ON THE BAIL-IN AND ITALY’S PUBLIC DEBT

The conflict between Rome and Brussels over the regulation of banks’ bail-in and public budget flexibility is a conseq...

February, 18 2016

C. Bastasin: ON MARINE LE PEN AND BANCA D’ETRURIA

The euro-crisis’ mismanagement has discredited the euro-area’s model of centralized economic governance, forcing the...

December, 9 2015

L. Codogno: ON THE ECB’S EXTENSION OF THE ASSET PURCHASE PROGRAMME (APP)

The European Central Bank’s press conference on 3 December 2015 included an announced extension of the asset purchase ...

December, 4 2015

S. Micossi: ON THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE TURKISH DELEGATION

On Sunday, 29 November 2015, the European Council will meet a Turkish delegation led by prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdo...

November, 27 2015

S. Micossi: ON EUROPEAN COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS

The European Council conclusions yesterday include five points worth mentioning: 1. The Council has endorsed the main li...

October, 16 2015