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July 27, 2020
How the Recovery Fund’s emergency brake will work – Gian Luigi Tosato - Affari Internazionali

The introduction of the "emergency brake", which served to overcome the disputes regarding the management of the Recovery Fund, is not an absolute novelty. The Maastricht Treaty already makes use of this mechanism to build a bridge between unanimous and...
July 27, 2020
“Money is not the only thing, policies need to be changed” - Interview with Enrico Giovannini - Avvenire

Enrico Giovannini believes that the Italian government should eliminate 19 billion euro of fossil fuel subsidies in its public expenditure program and modify certain articles in the Constitution in order to introduce the principle of justice among...
July 27, 2020
Will Italy be able use the European funds correctly? – Giampaolo Galli - Inpiù

Giampaolo Galli sheds light on Italy’s history of misusing European funds and questions whether the country will be able to properly manage the recovery funds from the Next Generation EU, which will subject Rome to a strict monitoring procedure from...
July 27, 2020
The Recovery Plan: a (slightly ambiguous) success that relaunches Europe – Ferdinando Nelli Feroci - Euractiv

The breakthrough obtained during the European Council on July 17-21 has a historic dimension, believes the author. The Next Generation EU recovery instrument, although agreed to after certain sacrifices, will not only strengthen European integration, but...
July 27, 2020
The last hurdles for the European Budget and the Recovery Fund – Riccardo Perissich – Inpiù

Riccardo Perissich looks at the success of the European Council’s negotiations on the Recovery Fund but reminds us that the economic aid package still has to pass through the European Parliament and then be ratified on a national level, processes that may...
July 27, 2020
Why manipulating reality for political ends is dangerous – Carlo Bastasin – Luiss Open

Carlo Bastasin analyzes America’s catastrophic handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, concluding that it was the result of the populist tendency to deny the gravity of the health crisis and use information on the virus to discredit America’s economic...
July 22, 2020
All that glitters is not gold – Massimo Bordignon - Lavoce

The agreement on the Recovery Fund reached in Brussels after months of negotiations is undoubtedly a good one for Italy and Europe. But in the background the main question still remains: whether the EU should evolve towards a political union or remain an...
July 22, 2020
Recovery Fund – Interview with Francesco Saraceno – Sky TG24 Start

Professor Saraceno explains how the historic European Council agreement on the Recovery Fund will affect European political economy and how the sharing of debt will eventually intensify the integration process among the individual member states. Click...
July 22, 2020
The Success of Europe - Stefano Micossi - Inpiù

The second longest European Council (after the one in Nice in 2000) ended with extraordinary success for the European Union, success that was made possible by the reestablished unity and common determination of Germany and France. The final compromise is...

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How the Recovery Fund’s emergency brake will work – Gian Luigi Tosato - Affari Internazionali

“Money is not the only thing, policies need to be changed” - Interview with Enrico Giovannini - Avvenire

Will Italy be able use the European funds correctly? – Giampaolo Galli - Inpiù

The Recovery Plan: a (slightly ambiguous) success that relaunches Europe – Ferdinando Nelli Feroci - Euractiv

The last hurdles for the European Budget and the Recovery Fund – Riccardo Perissich – Inpiù

Why manipulating reality for political ends is dangerous – Carlo Bastasin – Luiss Open

All that glitters is not gold – Massimo Bordignon - Lavoce

Recovery Fund – Interview with Francesco Saraceno – Sky TG24 Start

The Success of Europe - Stefano Micossi - Inpiù