by Irene Tinagli, published on Il Sole 24 Ore (18 April 2020) “Politics has its reasons which reason does not know”. This is how we could paraphrase the rather surreal debate that in Italy rotates around ESM. For months oppositions have campaigned on the idea that the ESM is like an axe, a trap created…
Over the past few weeks several criticisms have been raised against the EU institutions, being accused of not having reacted and of not having provided responses to the Coronavirus emergency. On the contrary, if we look carefully we realise it is not so. The EU Commission, the ECB, the European Investment Bank, the European Banking…
I would have never imagined that it would be this hard for some politicians to understand the difference between deciding to modify the rules of a treaty on financial assistance to member states and deciding to resort to it. I would equally have never imagined to witness the level of confusion and comments triggered two…
These are very intense days on the European front. In the ECON Committee of the EU Parliament we are continuing with hearings and other activities. On Tuesday morning we performed a video conference with Minister Gualtieri who illustrated the challenges for the Union and the Italian Government’s proposals. He presented such position and defended it…
The SURE programme has not even been announced yet and I already see fake news circulating on the web. On the basis of the Commission’s proposal published yesterday, I’ll try to answer some questions/doubts. Let me add a personal comment, placing myself between those who believe it is an historic decision and those who think…
As anticipated in the past few hours, today the European Commission has delivered a new set of proposed measures to counter the Coronavirus emergency. The most significant part concerns the “SURE” Fund to support employment, but there are also other initiatives. Please find below the full text of the press release with all the details.…