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State of the Union: Ursula Von Der Leyen’s speech to the European Parliament
On September 13, the State of the Union Speech (Soteu) was delivered by European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen as it is every year. The Soteu is the occasion to assess and present to the European Parliament the progress made by the Commission in a year of...
Spanish Presidency of the Council
Spanish presidency of the Council Spain will assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July 2023. This is the fifth time, the last in 2010. The arrival of the new semester marks the change of the presidency of the Council, a role that, in turn,...
The convenience of Italy and Europe investing in North Africa: the virtuous example of Green Stream and Transmed
On the night of March 19-20, the ship Golar Tundra docked at the port of Piombino, in the province of Livorno. The vessel is a regasifier, that is, an instrument through which Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is returned to a gaseous state and then fed into the grid. The...
What changes with the agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia
The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran has helped shape the Middle East as we have known it in recent years. To limit ourselves to the period after the so-called Arab Springs of 2011, Riyadh and Tehran, besides being the 'champions' of two politically, religiously,...
The political consequences earthquake in Turkey and Syria
The devastation caused by the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria is in everyone's eyes. The two earthquakes, with magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 on the Richter scale, occurred within 9 hours of each other. The epicenter of the first earthquake is located in southeastern...
Why the Meloni government’s new “Mattei Plan” will not make Italy a truly relevant player in the Mediterranean scenario
The new Italian government took office in a very complicated international context. Since taking office,in fact, the new executive has not yet succeeded in proposing a policy line in the sign of discontinuity from previous governments and precedents related to the...
European gas price cap agreement
After months of negotiations and two emergency ministerial meetings, European energy ministers on Monday, December 19, agreed on a cap on gas prices. The announcement came via Twitter from a spokesman for the Czech Republic, the rotating chair of the European Union....
The protests in Iran: similar to those of 1978, different in outcome
After almost two months, the protests and demonstrations in Iran triggered by the barbaric murder of Masha Amini show no signs of stopping. The young Kurdish woman had been arrested on 13 September, while in Tehran, on charges of wrongly wearing a headscarf. The girl...
Meloni’s challenge in the EPP and the future Palazzo Chigi. Mario Mauro speaks
The former Defence Minister Mario Mauro and Italian soul of the EPP: 'The paradox will be that the premier will try to establish this interlocution with Macron: this on the level of political intuition. If he succeeds, he will do what Fini failed to do...". While news...