Category Archives: Roberto Orsi

Jun 18 2013

Should Italy Quit the Euro?

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Posted in: Italy, Roberto Orsi

by Roberto Orsi This question is certainly worth exploring, not so much perhaps in sheer terms of policy options, as it will be argued, but especially because of the challenge that it represents against the background of the substantial immobilism … Continue reading →

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Apr 23 2013

The Quiet Collapse of the Italian Economy

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Posted in: Italy, Roberto Orsi

By Roberto Orsi Please also read the updated analysis of the Italian situation in The Demise of Italy and the Rise of Chaos and in Why Italy Will not Make It by the same author. While attention on the Euro … Continue reading →

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Mar 27 2013

Lessons and Warnings from Cyprus

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Posted in: Cyprus, Italy, Roberto Orsi

By Roberto Orsi The news from Cyprus would have arguably struggled to reach the front page in most European nations if not for the envisaged measure of tackling the financial problems of the country by seizing part of the money … Continue reading →

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Mar 27 2013

Reactions to the Second Cypriot Bailout Deal from across the European Press

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Posted in: Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Henry Radice, Italy, Jose Javier Olivas, Maria Kyriakidou, Max Hänska, Outi Keranen, Press Roundups, Roberto Orsi, Spain

By Max Hänska, Outi Keranen, Maria Kyriakidou, Jose Olivas, Roberto Orsi and Henry Radice. Jeroen Dijsselbloem’s mixed messages on Monday in the aftermath of the bailout were widely reported, along with the national and international economic implications of the new … Continue reading →

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Mar 18 2013

Reactions to the Cypriot Bailout across the European Press

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Posted in: Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jose Javier Olivas, Maria Kyriakidou, Max Hänska, Outi Keranen, Press Roundups, Roberto Orsi, Spain

By Max Hänska, Outi Keranen, Maria Kyriakidou, Jose Olivas and Roberto Orsi. Greek Press The dramatic developments with regard to the bailout of Cyprus have dominated the Greek press since the news of the savings levy broke. The focus of the … Continue reading →

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Mar 11 2013

What Language for What Europe?

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By Roberto Orsi In his discourse about Europe and the European project pronounced on 22nd February 2013 at the Bellevue Palace in Berlin, German Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck has articulated his view on the future development of the European polity, reinstating … Continue reading →

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Feb 27 2013

Reactions to the Italian Election across Europe

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Posted in: France, Germany, Greece, Henry Radice, Italy, Max Hänska, Press Roundups, Roberto Orsi, Vassilis Paipais

The Italian election on the weekend 24-25 February was hugely anticipated and the results, though perhaps not surprising, have not brought the decisive clarity that many had hoped for. Briefly we summarise a few observations from the way the election … Continue reading →

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