Nuclear power has returned to the spotlight in recent years as a key element of decarbonization and energy security policies. As also recognized by the (…)Rethinking the energy transition in Europe: Nuclear power and its implications for business
A comprehensive recovery is the real goal of the ongoing efforts to support Ukraine. The country is on a quest for a better future, as (…)Ukraine’s recovery: economic security, regional cooperation and the transatlantic partnership
In an international environment increasingly characterized by geopolitical uncertainties and trade tensions, the partnership between the European Union and Mercosur, also known as the Southern (…)Assessing the EU-Mercosur agreement: prospects in a challenging context
The results of the presidential elections in the United States have always conditioned world balances, and not only in political spheres. The second Trump presidency may be remembered as a protectionist turning point of major consequence for the entire planet.
Once again, it’s enlargement time in Europe. The debate today is about how that enlargement should be done: some support a geopolitical “all in” approach (…)A new Europe and the challenges of enlargement
Since the 1960s, several European and African countries have been working to redress the colonial legacy through economic partnerships. Italy has played an active part (…)Aspen Italia Initiative on Africa
Taking on the financial and monetary challenges in reinforcing the eurozone is no easy task given the current scenario; an especially complex one for the (…)Strengthening the Euro-Area. Financial and monetary challenges
What is waning more in the West, civility or democracy? There has been talk for a century now of Western “decline”, understood as demographic and economic, but also the decline of fundamental values such as freedom, democracy and openness. Interpretations have gone so far as to speak of a broad decline in moral values. It can be seen as the beginning of a different perception of the world’s diversities.
The European Union is confronting a series of long-term structural challenges that, nevertheless, require the immediate implementation of high impact, broad-spectrum policies. An initial issue is climate change, naturally a planet-wide concern for which Europe has already set goals, such as carbon neutrality within 2050 (which will obviously have direct effects on the energy sector).
One possible initial interpretation of the European parliamentary vote focused on the retreat of both main traditional parties (People’s and Socialist) and the success of two other pro-Europe parties (Liberals and Greens) that almost offset it, and on a softening in euro-skeptic parties’ positions that seems traceable to changes from within. These latter are certainly a significant force, but they do not appear capable of deeply inflecting the work of the Parliament.
