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Category Archives: Italy
Feb 20 2017
The European Union at a Crossroads
5 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi The European Union is approaching a moment of difficult decisions which will determine whether it will manage to survive in the near future or whether it will enter the final trajectory of its dissolution. In the past … Continue reading
Posted by: February 20, 2017
Tagged with: Angela Merkel, Crisis, Decline of Europe, EU, Euro crisis, Europe, European Central Bank, European Union, Euroscepticism, Eurozone, Italian decline, Italian economy, Italy, Renzi
Mar 28 2016
The political ‘migration crisis’ and the military-humanitarian response
1 CommentBy Pierluigi Musarò ‘We need more than a humanitarian response […] We need political leadership and action,’ Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said on 8 March 2016. Referring to the fact that ‘Europe is now seeing … Continue reading
Posted by: March 28, 2016
Tagged with: border control, humanitarian emergency, humanitarian space, humanitarianism, immigration, migrant crisis, migrants, refugee crisis, refugees
Mar 16 2016
The EU’s olive oil diplomacy: Italian fears and prospects for Tunisia
2 CommentsBy Stefano M. Torelli On 10 March, the European Parliament voted in favor of a measure allowing Tunisia to export yearly 35,000 tons of olive oil tax-free in the European Union, for two years. That is, Tunisia will be allowed … Continue reading
Posted by: March 16, 2016
Tagged with: EU, European economy, European Neighbourhood Policy, Italian economy, Jihad, Mediterranean migrant crisis, olive oil exports, Tunisia
Sep 4 2015
‘Quickie’ divorce Italian style
1 CommentBy Alessio Colonnelli Italy’s newly introduced law on divorce will have considerable socio-economic implications. Its positive impact won’t be, however, as wide-ranging as originally thought. The reform of the antiquated law could have gone farther and match, for example, the … Continue reading
Posted by: September 4, 2015
Tagged with: catholic church, civil rights, Civil Society, divorce, marriage
Aug 28 2015
Fortress Europe: Cause or Consequence of Europe’s ‘Migrant Crisis’?
3 CommentsBy Catherine Briddick Europe, it seems, is facing a ‘migration crisis’. This crisis is ‘testing’ for, amongst others, the British public, because, as our Prime Minister David Cameron explained in an interview with ITV News: you have got a swarm … Continue reading
Posted by: August 28, 2015
Tagged with: asylum, human rights, humanitarian visas, international law, Mediterranean migrant crisis, migrant crisis, migrants, refugee law, refugees, Syrian refugees, trafficking
May 22 2015
Are Italian Public Debt Forecasts Too Optimistic?
1 CommentBy Giuseppe Bianchimani Italy, a history of large public debt Italy has the third largest stock of public debt in the world, the second in the euro zone next to Greece and the highest debt service ratio in the G7. … Continue reading
Posted by: May 22, 2015
Tagged with: debt crisis, debt-to-GDP ratio, Euro, Eurozone, growth, Italian economy, Italian public debt
Apr 24 2015
On the Borderlands of Humanity
3 CommentsBy Henry Radice The current crisis in the Mediterranean reminds us of what should be an obvious truth, but is too frequently forgotten: the European Union (EU) is a humanitarian space or it is nothing. If there are any criteria according … Continue reading
Posted by: April 24, 2015
Tagged with: asylum, frontex, humanitarian space, humanitarianism, immigration, mare nostrum, migration, refugees
Feb 9 2015
The election of Italy’s new president has strengthened Matteo Renzi’s grip over Italian politics
2 CommentsBy James L. Newell and Arianna Giovannini On 31 January, Sergio Mattarella, a former Constitutional Court judge, was elected as the new President of Italy. While the formal powers assigned to the President remain fairly limited, the appointment of Mattarella … Continue reading
Posted by: February 9, 2015
Tagged with: Italy, Mattarella, presidential elections, Renzi
Nov 6 2014
The 1000 Day Agenda: Can Renzi Deliver?
1 CommentBy Giovanni Puglisi The young and dynamic Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is determined to change the way politics is perceived and conducted in Italy. He has promised to deliver an ambitious economic and institutional reform agenda, but his task … Continue reading
Posted by: November 6, 2014
Tagged with: Beppe Grillo, European Elections 2014, European Union, institutional reform, italian politics, Italy, Pier Luigi Bersani, Silvio Berlusconi