This article analyses the Draghi government in its first nine months in office, focusing on
three main areas:(1) the formation and characteristics of the executive;(2) the positioning of …

This article asks the following question: what role did the political Left and labour
organisations play in the development and furthering of neoliberal policies in Italy? In …

This article applies the Schimmelfennig and Sedelmeier “governance by conditionality”
framework to public sector reform in a European Union (EU) country subject to implicit rather …

On 4 March 2018 Italy went to the polls amidst an intense wave of anti-establishment
sentiment. The parties that contributed most to, and capitalized from, this political climate …

Drawing on a neoclassical realist approach, this article delves into the impact that Brexit is
likely to have on Italian foreign policy. We argue that there are two areas of issue, which are …

The recent history of European politics has been characterised by the mounting phenomena
of populism and Euroscepticism. Some recent analyses discuss the possible convergence …

Crisis appears to be the new normal for the European Union. The images of a drowned child
refugee from Syria on a European beach, Greek protestors with banners proclaiming …

This article investigates the patterns of Europeanization of the Italian public sphere during
the 2019 European Elections campaign. Europeanization is meant as a multifaceted …

In this article, we argue that an analysis of the conflict around the nature and limits of
European integration that arose between Catholic and Protestant Christian Democrats in the …

The chapter discusses the political context in Italy during the 2019 EP elections and
introduces the political communication environment of the country. Particular attention is …