Few days ago, the White House made public his executive order, titled Protection Of The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States. The action puts in place a 90-day block on entry to the US from citizens from “mainly Muslim countries”, including Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia. “Surprisingly”, the ban does […]
The World Economic Forum recently held in Davos, underlined some new features and presented several new dimensions that characterize a (maybe) new world order. Last meetings were heavily impacted by economic crisis and financial instabilities, while this year there was a sense that something far bigger is going on. Something like a shift in global […]
European Union is facing growing concern for security reasons: people’s fear and authority’s attention is high on this, calling once more for tightened controls in the aftermath of the latest terrorist attacks in Germany and France and at the EU eastern border in Istanbul. Security issues will be a dominant political theme in EU political debate […]
On 16th of December the Commission launched the second call for proposal of the UIA initiative. The Initiative, which is managed by the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy , aims to answer to the increasingly complex challenges faced by urban authorities offering them the possibility to take a risk and experiment the most innovative […]
Over the past decade, security of energy supply and diversification of supply sources for natural gas have consistently been the highest priorities of EU energy policy. Additionally, the EU has set ambitious targets in the area of climate change and energy conservation. The EU primary energy supply is projected to decrease throughout the period 2010-2050, […]
Italy has been a frontline state in the migration crisis for years. The situation became more challenging after the times of the Arab spring and the fall of Ghaddafi’s power in Lybia. According to government data, the number of migrants arriving on its shores from North Africa was the highest in 2014, when the government […]
On the 4th of December the so much waited constitutional referendum in Italy was held. The result left no room for doubts: NO won in a really massive way (20 points more or less). It is undoubtedly a shock on the Italian political scene. In the moment that we are writing you, Mr. Renzi has […]
The resignation of Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi have confirmed that, for one reason or another, Italy’s constitutional referendum on 4th december was not just a matter confidential for technical issues and law experts but a political vote on the same head of the government. The sound political consequence, leaving Italy without a leading figure […]
A referendum over the Constitutional reforms in Italy was held on December the 4th. Whichever the result was voted upon, the involvement of international institutions within its economic framework was inevitably necessary. What kind of impacts did the Referendum leave to the Italian economy? Will the negative vote leave a long term influence to the […]
On December 4th 2016 Italian citizens decided to vote against the constitutional reform. The “Riforma Boschi” (“Boschi Law”), with reference to the name of the Minister of Constitutional Reforms, Ms. Maria Elena Boschi, was initially presented to the Italian Senate on April 8th 2014. After the final draft Law approval by the Chambers of Deputies […]
