February 24, 2021
Super Mario: Mission Impossible?
Why is it that politics, which alone has the power to translate analyses into laws, does not adopt Cavour’s phrase...
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Why is it that politics, which alone has the power to translate analyses into laws, does not adopt Cavour’s phrase...
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According to SWIFT data on international and domestic payments, in October 2020 for the first time on record Euro transactions...
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This piece was orginally published on Verfassungsblog.de A rule of Law (RoL) conditionality has featured prominently in the negotiations of...
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In a televised speech on October 16th, which followed weeks of deteriorating confrontations between Brussels and London, UK’s Prime Minister...
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With less than forty days to go to the US presidential election, latest polling averages continue to favour a Biden...
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In a previous post, we have discussed how Italy is the country that most clearly exemplifies the degree of fiscal...
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After an initially timid response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy in February 2020, the ECB announced on March...
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After four days of heated discussions, the European Council finally agreed on a EUR 750 bn recovery plan (Next Generation...
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A well-known anecdotical characteristic of European integration is that different member countries hold a different perception of their central bank’s...
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They say good things come to those who wait. Almost a month after the inconclusive EU Council of April 23rd,...
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People are getting familiar with the concept of R0 amid the coronavirus pandemic. Defined as the average number of new...
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With -7% growth and a 10% deficit, Italian financing needs for 2020 will be sizeable. We show that the current...
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