Draghi mania got Draghi watchers and watchdogs to mesure the degree of implementation of his recommendations. No matter they lack a method, they contribute to Draghi mania as amplified by the holy triptic: FT, Economist and Le Monde (via the Rhine)
Alberto Alemanno
@alemanno.bsky.social
Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, HEC Paris & College of Europe, Bruges Democracy Fellow, Harvard University & Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies Minda de Gunzburg at Harvard University Founder, The Good Lobby www.albertoalemanno.eu
The EU has run out of excuses on Israeli settlements As a growing number of countries ban imports from Israeli settlements, the EU can no longer hide its inaction behind legal and political excuses. albertoalemanno.substack.com/p/the-eu-has...
The EU Has Run Out of Excuses on Israeli Settlements
As a growing number of countries ban imports from Israeli settlements, the EU can no longer hide its inaction behind legal and political excuses.
albertoalemanno.substack.com
The EU has run out of excuses on Israeli settlements As a growing number of countries ban imports from Israeli settlements, the EU can no longer hide its inaction behind legal and political excuses. albertoalemanno.substack.com/p/the-eu-has...
The EU Has Run Out of Excuses on Israeli Settlements
As a growing number of countries ban imports from Israeli settlements, the EU can no longer hide its inaction behind legal and political excuses.
albertoalemanno.substack.com
Many Europeans want a stronger, more independent and more united Europe. But relatively few can picture a credible route from today’s disruptions to that destination. Here’s the latest European Council on Foreign Relations report ecfr.eu/special/futu...
Future nostalgia: Europe’s unfinished song - European Council on Foreign Relations
ECFR’s new research reveals Europeans are suffering from an imagination gap. Many people want to see Europe strong and flourishing—but fewer can picture a credi
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Many Europeans want a stronger, more independent and more united Europe. But relatively few can picture a credible route from today’s disruptions to that destination. Here’s the latest European Council on Foreign Relations report ecfr.eu/special/futu...
Future nostalgia: Europe’s unfinished song - European Council on Foreign Relations
ECFR’s new research reveals Europeans are suffering from an imagination gap. Many people want to see Europe strong and flourishing—but fewer can picture a credi
ecfr.eu
The priority should be the re-establishment of the Schengen free-travel zone, dear Commissioner for Internal Affairs #ceuta
The priority should be the re-establishment of the Schengen free-travel zone, dear Commissioner for Internal Affairs #ceuta
The AfD’s breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt marks the collapse of the firewall to exclude the hard right and brings German politics closer to the reality already taking shape across Europe. READ my latest substack.com/@albertoalem...
The AfD’s breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt marks the collapse of the firewall to exclude the hard right and brings German politics closer to the reality already taking shape across Europe. READ my latest substack.com/@albertoalem...
As expected, far-right AfD wins key German state election but may fail to secure majority The most damning number from tonight is that among workers in Saxony-Anhalt the AfD got 61%, CDU 10%. The party of labor is now the far right.
Giorgia Meloni has brought unusual political stability to Italy. Three years on, many of the country’s structural problems remain unresolved. Read albertoalemanno.substack.com/p/italy-has-...
It’s happening! 11 member states just said what many have thought for years: unanimity in EU foreign policy isn’t caution, it’s paralysis. With Matthias Goldman we mapped out how to actually end the veto de jure condito verfassungsblog.de/towards-qual...
Isn’t about time the EU Commission informs Giorgia MELONI that her border checks are manifestly ILLEGAL under the Schengen Code? No threat no reintroduction #Ceuta
Magnus Brunner@magnusbrunner.bsky.social · 7d agoI had a good phone call with Minister Grande-Marlaska on the evolving situation in Ceuta. He updated me on Spain’s response and the next steps concerning the return of those who remain illegally, as well as efforts to improve security on the ground.
It’s happening! 11 member states just said what many have thought for years: unanimity in EU foreign policy isn’t caution, it’s paralysis. With Matthias Goldman we mapped out how to actually end the veto de jure condito verfassungsblog.de/towards-qual...
Has EU full membership lost attraction or has the EU simply found alternative and equally attractive ways to integrate? Of course, it’s the latter and that’s the lesson from Iceland albertoalemanno.substack.com/p/a-lesson-f...
A Lesson from Iceland
The negative vote is not a rejection of Europe, but it shows that EU membership is not the only path to European integration.
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Even if Europe does need more investment, innovation, and growth, the question should not be how to catch up with the US and China on their own terms. My latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
No, Iceland’s referendum result does not reject European integration but revamps the attractiveness of the country’s present EEA arrangement -single-market access, free movement, participation in EU programmes without a vote on EU rules My latest albertoalemanno.substack.com/p/a-lesson-f...
Iceland's NO isn't a rejection of Europe. It proves the EEA model - single market access and free movement, without EU membership or a vote on the rules - is SO attractive that even a rich, well-integrated insider picks it over joining. A lesson for EU enlargement (impasse), and for the UK?
Iceland's NO isn't a rejection of Europe. It proves the EEA model - single market access and free movement, without EU membership or a vote on the rules - is SO attractive that even a rich, well-integrated insider picks it over joining. A lesson for EU enlargement (impasse), and for the UK?
How did the Icelandic referendum go? Still to close to call, a sign of how divisive the issue has become for the country #iceland
Even if Europe does need more investment, innovation, and growth, the question should not be how to catch up with the US and China on their own terms. My latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
This is excellent. A must-read on the EU’s frustrating lack of progress towards forging its strategic autonomy - and the technocratic comfort zone its liberal elites have fled to. Political bravery is urgently needed.
Alberto Alemanno@alemanno.bsky.social · 2w agoWhose Europe Is Draghi’s Rhine Group Building? My latest albertoalemanno.substack.com/p/whose-euro...
The question "Whose Europe?" is more and more important. Another sign that the EU is becoming politicized.
Alberto Alemanno@alemanno.bsky.social · 2w agoWhose Europe Is Draghi’s Rhine Group Building? My latest albertoalemanno.substack.com/p/whose-euro...
Missed this, by @alemanno.bsky.social, last week. Sadly, it's still relevant, and will be for a long time
How the far right is tightening its grip over the EU – from the inside | Alberto Alemanno
The centrist coalition that traditionally shaped EU laws is now colluding with MEPs from the AfD and Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, says academic Alberto Alemanno
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There is much in M. Draghi's 2024 Report - less, though, in the way it has been (ab)used politically - that deserves support. His founding a group to revitalise the European model is, in that sense, welcome. But, as Alberto Alemanno notes, the composition of the Rhine Group raises concerns. 1/3
Alberto Alemanno@alemanno.bsky.social · 2w agoWhose Europe Is Draghi’s Rhine Group Building? My latest albertoalemanno.substack.com/p/whose-euro...
Whose Europe Is Draghi’s Rhine Group Building? My latest albertoalemanno.substack.com/p/whose-euro...