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Lobbying in the EU: Access Channels to Representation
The origin of the word "lobby" dates back to the late medieval Latin term laubia, meaning loggia or porch. Starting in the 19th century, it became associated with the image of the antechamber adjacent to the halls of power. This meaning is derived from the “lobby of...
The Second Term of Ursula von der Leyen
The Tenth Legislature of the European Parliament, meeting in Strasbourg, elected the new President of the European Commission. With 401 votes, the Parliament granted outgoing President Ursula von der Leyen a second term. Before discussing the vote for President von...
Transparency and integrity principles for public affairs activities
Lobbying and transparency Every particular interest, provided it is legitimate, has the right to be represented, protected and must be able to participate in the democratic process. It is from this need that the professional figure of the lobbyist was born, i.e. the...
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...