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I started thinking about this article while travelling back to Rome from Udine, my home town, where I had participated as a speaker in the presentation of Europa Radicale’s Peste Putiniana dossier. Between university and work commitments, I only had time to put my ideas in order last night, and today the piece arrives. What […]

They chose Italy. To study, to work, to breathe freely. Many have also chosen to speak out — in Italian piazzas, on social media, at demonstrations — against the regime that forced them to leave. Today, however, they face a Kafkaesque paradox: the very document that legitimises their presence in Italy has become a trap. […]

On 28 February 2026, after days of negotiations, the US and Israel launched a joint attack against the Iran of the Ayatollahs . The bombing was massive and the unthinkable happened: the Israeli Air Force, in a targeted attack, dropped 30 bombs on Ali Khamenei ‘s headquarters , killing the supreme leader and decapitating the […]

The Europe of 2026 lives within a historical phase ofsystemic competition, which in essence increasingly resembles a return to power politics. Since 2022, the continent has had to come to terms with the end of a long illusion: that of a stable, regulated and predictable international order.Conventional warfare has returned a few kilometres from the […]

Spanish politics is in suspense. On the one hand, a central government that appears worn down by crises and controversies; on the other, an opposition that is changing skin, especially at regional level. While Madrid remains the symbolic centre of power, it is in the autonomous communities (the equivalent of our regions) that the most […]

The attack against Iranian targets in the early hours of yesterday morning is not just a military episode. It is an integrated strategic event at the intersection of kinetic power, financial stability and escalation management. The timing 02:00-05:00 local time is no coincidence. It has become an operational doctrine window for many US and Israeli […]

The turning point may be historic for the regulation of digital platforms in Europe: the Commission has launched an investigation into TikTok, accused of being ‘addictive by design’ . The application, now used by one in three Europeans with much higher peaks among young people, came under scrutiny for its design features which, according to […]

The leaders of the European institutions went to Kyiv yesterday empty-handed, as Hungary and Slovakia blocked the final decision on the EUR 90 billion loan for Ukraine at the EU Foreign Affairs Council. These four years of war have not only been a test of strength and courage for the Ukrainians, but a permanent stress […]

On Sunday I was in the square in Milan for the pro-Ukraine demonstration. It was not one of those ideological squares, full of prefabricated buzzwords. There was something simpler and more serious in the air. There were Ukrainian families with children on their shoulders. Boys a little older than me with the blue and yellow […]

Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Iran on 20 February conceals a question that no one in Washington is saying out loud: “what military option can resolve the Iranian issue?” The answer is: none. Not because there is a lack of options – there are at least four, all studied in the Pentagon war rooms – but […]

In Italy, the referendum is almost never a vote on a norm. It is a vote on the political order as a whole. The subject changes – Cnel, Csm, public water, regional autonomy, union retention, career separation – but the narrative remains the same. Democracy, the Constitution, the survival of the liberal state (even) is […]

Italy has chosen the position that Rome often likes: to be there without being bound. Participating in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ (BoP) on Gaza as an observer allows one to stay within the decision-making perimeter (or presumed so) without assuming formal obligations and without paying the political and legal costs of full membership. It is […]

While the national chronicle hastens to celebrate the handover of NATO commands to the European allies, the public debate seems squeezed between two specular and equally incomplete readings. On the one hand, a certain governmental triumphalism sees in the Italian command in Naples the recognition of a continental maturity, the promotion of Italy as the […]

Over the past few days, the price of Bitcoin has been going through a very unstable phase. After dropping below thresholds considered important by investors, the value of the leading cryptocurrency quickly collapsed to its lowest level in months. The drop below $70,000 triggered chain sales and dragged down the rest of the cryptocurrency market […]

After having introduced 48 new crimes and a similar number of aggravating circumstances in little more than three years of government, the executive led by Giorgia Meloni launched yet another ‘security decree’ a few days ago. Having arrived at the fourth version of a law on public order is in itself indicative of failure and […]

This is how you really ensure a future for Italy, and not only The political confrontation that is opening around Roberto Vannacci ‘s decision to leave the League to found his new party is not just a clash of visions, but a fundamental choice on the destiny of Italy. On the one hand, the call […]

For over 400 days, Georgians have taken to the streets every day to protest against growing Russian influence, rigged elections and the country’s increasingly anti-European drift. In response, the ruling Georgian Dream party has introduced tougher repressive laws, tightening control over media, courts and public spaces. Currently, Georgia has a higher per capita number of […]

Europe is not in an identity crisis. It is European politics that lags behind the society it represents.For a generation that studies abroad, works in another Member State and builds relationships across borders, the European Union is not an unfinished project, but a space already experienced. Not by ideological choice, but by everyday experience.In facts, […]

A stage, two leaders on drums, a BTS song as a soundtrack and a simple but meaningful conclusion: music can unite more than an official communiqué. In Nara, amidst smiles and flicks of the baton, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi created a moment of diplomacy that goes beyond the […]

Rather than inaugurating an entirely new world order, Donald Trump seems to be reviving an ancient geopolitical paradigm: one in which force prevails over law, imposition over cooperation, and military power over diplomacy. An approach that presents itself as ‘realist’ and ‘anti-establishment’, but which, in essence, recalls well-known historical scenarios – from 20th century imperialism […]

A president without a government, but with a key role Portugal is an atypical semi-presidential republic. The head of state is directly elected by the citizens, but does not exercise executive power. In other words, he does not govern, so he does not dictate the daily agenda of the executive. However, he has instruments that, […]

The European Union’s new measure for the automotive sector, introduced on 16 December, provides for renewed measures and standards compared to the 2023 regulation. Although a clear step backwards compared to the past, will it finally be the help European producers need? What is the automotive package? Between the lines of the new regulatory package […]

Botswana is often told as a positive story within the African continent. Relatively stable democracy, sustained growth for decades, investment in education and infrastructure. Above all, the image of a country that has been able to manage a resource that is by definition risky, diamonds, without slipping into that curse that elsewhere has produced corruption, […]

While in the first weeks of 2026 the international headlines are filled with anti-imperialist rhetoric against US manoeuvres in Caracas, there is an intellectual hypocrisy that ignores the facts of the last fifteen years. Screaming at the ‘oil snatching’ by the US is a convenient, but profoundly false narrative: Venezuela does not need to be […]

A very active president on social media A figure followed, loved and supported on every platform. From X to TikTok, from Instagram to Facebook, Nayib Bukele is everywhere, and not by accident. His communication is studied, direct, visual, often provocative. Short videos, symbolic images, concise data: Bukele has built up a direct relationship with his […]

The affair of the pro-Russian conference on 22 December 2025 at the Federico II University in Naples, organised by theANPI with Alessandro Di Battista and Professor Angelo D’Orsi, did not end with the tensions in the courtroom and the political clash that followed. In just a few days, it also became an internal case within […]

As reported by Iran International, an independent Persian-language news station based abroad, the protests in Iran entered a decisive phase on the fifth day, marked by the killing of civilians. At least three protesters were confirmed dead: Dariush Ansari Bakhtiarvand in Fooladshahr, Amir-Hessam Khodayarifard in Kuhdasht and Shayan Asadollahi in Azna. Other sources report further […]

A year ago I delighted on these pages to elect, in an almost puerile exercise of style, the so-called ‘geopolitical winner’ of 2024. The choice then fell on Turkish ‘sultan’ Recep Tayyip Erdogan, fresh from a coup in Syria at the hands of the current President Al-Sahara, whom I still calledAl Jolani in the article. […]

In the last days of the year, the world does not slow down and in the Taiwan Strait, history accelerates. Ships, fighter jets and missiles redesign the maritime and air space around the island, turning military exercises into political messages, armed deterrence and signals directed far beyond Taipei. It is certainly not a sudden crisis, […]

The peaceful protest by students and pro-Ukraine activists against the conference ‘Russophilia, Russophobia, Truth’, organised by the ANPI and hosted by the University of Naples Federico II, has turned a university event into a political and cultural case that goes beyond Naples. But in the querelle there is one absence more eloquent than the others: […]

From conference to dress rehearsal for political intimidation: this happened yesterday in the heart of the Federico II University in Naples. An afternoon of shoving and broken microphones, an outcome that was anything but unpredictable from the very moment when the great southern university had chosen to host – despite appeals for this not to […]

Let us start with the facts. On 18 December 2025, at the European Council, the EU decided to guarantee Ukraine a loan of up to EUR 90 billion for the next two years, raised on the markets through joint borrowing and supported by the EU budget. Ukraine will only have to repay it if, one […]

There is one thing that I keep noticing in recent months in the European public debate – and especially in a certain area of the left – that I honestly find hard to understand.I am referring to those people who declare themselves to be strongly pro-Ukraine and, at the same time, pro-Pal. A position that […]

There are times when writing is not a choice, but almost a reaction.What happened in Sydney on the occasion of Hanukkah is one such moment. During a religious celebration, a holiday that for the Jewish world is a symbol of light, of resistance, of identity, an attack struck innocent civilians. Families. Elderly people. A little […]

With each new statement by Donald Trump, a question grows in Europe, and in Italy in particular: how useful can an American leader who is so unpredictable, aggressive and often hostile to European interests really be to the Italian right? There is one fact that is still hard to accept in Italy: the American right […]

An unprecedented step: what the Commission proposes The proposal launched by Brussels to finance Ukraine combines two instruments: the use – or rather, the mobilisation – of the approximately €210 billion of Russian sovereign assets tied up in the EU and the possibility of using collectively guaranteed loans to immediately raise around €90 billion to […]

In the last few days, filled with tension and betrayed expectations, we have seen the possibility of a just peace slip away, swallowed by an increasingly dark horizon. The amendment to the peace plan – born to be the keystone and, for some, even the surrender of Kyiv– was hastily reduced from 28 to 20 […]

NATO’s openness to a more assertive approach against Russian hybrid threats isnot just another piece of news. It is a turning point. It is a sign that the West is finally realising that, in the era of sub-threshold warfare, defence is no longer an academic exercise but a concrete, immediate, almost daily occurrence. In an […]

The approval at the UN Security Council of the new resolution on Gaza marks a change of pace in international diplomacy after two years of stalemate. It is not a decisive text, but it nevertheless represents a political moment: the United States returns to lead the process, the Arab countries obtain references to Palestinian self-determination, […]

The Trento Public Prosecutor’s Office notified Piercamillo Falasca, editor of L’Europeista, of thenotice of conclusion of preliminary investigations for libel in the press (Article 595 of the Italian Criminal Code), as part of the proceedings initiated following a lawsuit filed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructures Matteo Salvini. According to the indictment, the […]

The growing pressure on Ukraine to accept a peace proposal by November 27 is revealing more about Western impatience than about any real shift on the battlefield. According to Financial Times reporting cited by the Corriere della Sera, Washington has quietly encouraged Kyiv to “consider” a deal that would freeze the conflict and set the […]

In recent days, two seemingly unconnected events tell a unified story: Europe no longer inhabits a peaceful, uncontested continent—but an exposed, contested geopolitic frontier. In the North Sea, the Royal Navy tracked for hours the Russian vessel Yantar, a spy ship specializing in mapping undersea cables and critical infrastructure. Meanwhile, in Germany, the federal government […]

On August 8, 2025, a conflict that had been going on for more than 35 years—the continuation of a millennia-old feud—timidly made headlines in the daily news: Donald Trump, sitting alongside the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Washington, mediating a peace agreement in this long conflict. The agreement received much criticism: many, especially on […]

Eventually, even Denmark’s Minister of Justice, the leading advocate for chat control, had to throw in the towel. “The search warrant will not be part of the EU presidency’s new compromise proposal,” admitted Peter Hummelgaard. “The search for material containing child sexual abuse will continue to be voluntary for tech giants.” With Germany’s definitive opposition, […]

A century ago, the American left looked with distrust at large urban centres: places of compromise, not revolution. Today, it is precisely from an iconic metropolis like New York that the strongest signal of progressive radicalisation within the Democratic Party emerges. Theelection of Zohran Mamdani – socialist, Muslim, pro-Palestinian, critic of the police force and […]

If even the head of the government of the Qatari emirate, which theoretically holds the purse strings of Hamas and harbours its leadership, claims that it will be difficult to disarm the jihadist movement, as the agreements would stipulate, we can consider Trump’s open secret of peace officially revealed . It does not matter whether […]

In recent years, the redefinition of global balances has made it clear how maritime power has returned to the centre of competition between states. The attacks on the Red Sea routes, the growing Russian and Chinese presence in Africa and the chronic instability of the enlarged Mediterranean area have shown how vulnerable the freedom of […]

Many of us, passionately following the recent Middle East diplomatic events – culminating on Monday 13 October with the signing of the cease-fire in Sharm – have asked ourselves more than one question about one man. And no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump, or Benjamin Netanyahu, or Egyptian President Al-Sisi. The man in question, […]

From the apocalyptic propaganda of the early 2000s to the communicative sophistication of the digital age, terrorism has always invested in narrative. But it was with Hamas that a profound strategic caesura took place: the overcoming of Al-Qaeda’s communicative paradigm in favour of a more fluid, mimetic and adaptive narrative grammar. While Al-Qaeda relied on […]

The France of October 2025 is a suspended country, trapped in a political crisis that has seen three governments collapse in a few months . At the heart of this chaos, former Prime Minister François Bayrou ‘s speech to the National Assembly on 8 September 2025, ‘ You can overthrow the government, but you cannot […]

At the time of writing (10 October 2025), the situation is basically the same as it has been since 7 July 2024: that is, France has no de facto government. No one has ever quite understood what went through Manu ‘s brain on the evening of the European elections on 9 June 2024, a gesture […]

On a day that confirms how European politics is becoming increasingly polarised, the Strasbourg Chamber decided not to waive the parliamentary immunity of Italian MEP Ilaria Salis by a very narrow majority, determined by just one vote. The official result shows 306 votes in favour and 305 against, with 17 abstentions, in a secret ballot […]

This article is not about the risks and opportunities of Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, but about the way in which the Italian left (PD, AVS, and M5S) immediately classified this project as a ploy to evade the real issues opened up by the war in the Strip and to propitiate an outcome favourable to the […]

Nathan Gill, former Welsh leader of the far-right Reform UK party and MEP elected in 2014 with UKIP, admitted before a London court that he received money to support pro-Russian positions. It is a case that shakes British politics and offers a concrete example of the ways in which the Kremlin has sought to exert […]

One hears so often that Italy is the soft underbelly of Europe when it comes to the spread of Russian disinformation and that this is also why we are, according to all polls, the softest country on issues such as support for Ukraine and rearmament. It is true that here Putin’s cognitive warfare can count […]

Let us give a straight answer: no.Looking at power balances, it is unlikely that the European Union will approve the controversial regulation against child sexual abuse that would open the door to chat control. Even if it did approve it, then, the power to ‘control chats’ would not be given to Ursula von der Leyen, […]

There are two phrases that perfectly condense the principle of political responsibility. The first is by Luigi Einaudi: ‘Those who seek economic remedies to economic problems are on a false path; which can only lead to the precipice. The economic problem is the aspect and consequence of a wider spiritual and moral problem‘. The second […]

Tetyana Shevchuk is a bright young lawyer, but above all, she is a board member and head of international relations of theAnticorruption Action Center, the largest Ukrainian organisation that has been fighting corruption for more than ten years, which has to its credit the participation in most of the major national transparency regulations, but which […]

This year, the Islamic Republic of Iran has already executed at least 841 of its citizens.Many were political dissidents, arrested during the waves of protest in recent years or accused of links to proscribed groups. They were often tortured to extract false confessions and were sometimes hanged in the public square. Knowing that hundreds more […]

Scrolling through TikTok, YouTube’s ‘shorts’ videos or Instagram’s ‘reel’ section can impair our brain functions more than moderate alcohol consumption. As with the latter, of course, it is the dose that makes the poison. But the data confirm it: short videos induce spikes of dopamine – the neurotransmitter associated with pleasure – that over-stimulate the […]

It is very likely that for the former Ukrainian intelligence agent Sehrii Kusnetzov, arrested in Italy and accused by German investigators of sabotaging the Nord Stream gas pipeline, Justice Minister Carlo Nordio will have less regard than for the Libyan butcher Usama Almasri and the Iranian Pasdaran engineer Mohammad Abedini, one saved from being handed […]

For too long Italian politics has been hostage to a sterile bipolarism. “The ‘centre-right’ and ‘centre-left’ face each other without innovating, intent on defending rents of position rather than imagining the future. Thus the system has run aground, worn down by broken promises and downward compromises, while populisms have conquered the lever of power: the […]

But will there ever be a meeting between Putin and Zelensky? The answer, for those familiar with the Russian propaganda machine, is that a face-to-face is highly unlikely, and certainly not in the form of a confrontation between equals. Clare Sebastian, an analyst and CNN correspondent from London, argues this, as do numerous analysts and […]

August 18 2025: the world watches with apprehension the meeting between US President Donald Trump and European leaders.After the August 15 meeting in Alaska, where Vladimir Putin reiterated his maximalist conditions for a ceasefire, there is only one question hovering: are Europe and the United States willing to sacrifice Ukraine on the altar of an […]

An unexpected gesture that shifts the centre of gravity of the debate In the midst of the confrontation between Washington and Moscow in Anchorage, Donald Trump handed Vladimir Putin a private letter signed by Melania Trump and dedicated to the fate of the deported Ukrainian minors: a discreet intervention, its contents not made public, which […]

Not an inconclusive summit, but a meeting that shifted the balance in the worst direction. In L’Europeista, Carmelo Palma – director of Stradeonline, public policy expert and frequent contributor to our magazine – explains why the Alaska summit marks a step forward, but towards legitimising Moscow and blackmailing Kyiv and Europe. His reflection is not […]

Let’s face it: if at Friday’s summit in Alaska the Russian dictator proposed to freeze the Ukrainian front along the current lines and think no more about it, the Americans and Europeans would be scrambling to accommodate him. The real interest of Europe Of course, for Europe it would by no means be the optimal […]

There is an uncomfortable truth that runs through the contemporary rhetoric on the recognition of Palestine: it does not produce any concrete change, but rather risks fuelling new illusions and frustrations. At a time when foreign policy has turned into a media ritual, where every gesture is amplified by social networks and emotional campaigns, reality […]

Who today dares to propose a law that defends politics and does not crucify it? Who has the courage to challenge the Jacobinism of anti-politics, which has been poisoning the relationship between citizens and institutions for thirty years? Who, in a climate dominated by suspicion and populism, is willing to put its hand to a […]

There is one firm point to start from in order to talk seriously about a possible peace between Israel and Palestine: Hamas must surrender and lay down its arms. On this, for the first time, even three of the main players in the Arab world – Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt – seem to agree. […]

A massive computer sabotage operation has hit Russia’s flag carrier Aeroflot, the country’s largest airline and a symbol of Russian civil transport. Founded in 1923, Aeroflot is one of the oldest airlines in the world and is still a strategic asset for the Kremlin. The attack was claimed by the groups Silent Crow (Ukrainian) and […]

Let us start with a fact: the war between Israel and Hamas, which flared up again after the massacre on 7 October 2023, has produced unprecedented devastation in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli offensive, conducted with the declared aim of ‘eradicating Hamas’, has left tens of thousands of civilian victims on the ground. Entire neighbourhoods […]

The new US tariff threat against theEuropean Union marks yet another episode in a confrontation that goes far beyond trade disputes. It is not just about 30% tariffs that threaten to cripple entire production chains, but about a deeper change in the use of trade as an instrument of political power. With Donald Trump, duties […]

Accepting that international political relations follow a purely business-like pattern exposes one to the real risk that, in some transaction, the buyer or seller finds himself, without even realising it, on the counter or in the catalogue of goods. If the bargaining is then done with a galaxy of criminal organisations dedicated to migratory or […]

Belgrade, Saturday 28 June. Some peaceful demonstrators are chased by the police, others brutally beaten after an afternoon of non-violent protests. What happened on Saturday is not an isolated incident. Since that tragic 1 November, when the collapse of a station shelter in Novi Sad claimed 16 lives, Serbia has been paralysed. Young people are […]

In the contemporary narrative, especially in the media, it has become almost a conditioned reflex to ‘explain’ the decisions of authoritarian or unconventional leaders through the prism of mental pathology. Failure to understand a strategy is tantamount to declaring it senseless, ill, outside rationality. But this is a classic cognitive fallacy: the mind projection fallacy, […]

In the seminal ‘The Logic of Collective Action’, Mancur Olson, economist and pioneer of public choice theory, illustrates a concept so limpid that it is often ignored: each individual has an interest in participating in an organised group only insofar as his participation brings him a tangible benefit; in other words, only if his conditions […]

Those who have followed Vladimir Putin ‘s statements and the interviews of his advisors for years cannot have been surprised when the Russian president recently said during the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg: “Russians and Ukrainians are one people, therefore the whole of Ukraine belongs to us.” He added, in military terms : “Wherever […]

A week after the start of the military crisis between Israel and Iran, increasingly concrete signs are emerging of a possible direct involvement of the United States alongside Tel Aviv. Developments in the last few hours suggest that, behind the diplomatic façade and cautious public statements, Washington is preparing aconcrete and rapidly activatable military option. […]

In an interview in the Corriere della Sera, Bill Kristoll, essayist and son of Irving, one of the fathers of the neocon philosophy, removes a few stones from his shoe by pointing out how recent history does not prove the failure of an ‘interventionist’ strategy, even of a military nature, of the US in the […]

In this interview, I had the privilege of speaking with Abdirisak M. Shaqale, Former Senior Strategic Advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director of the Horn of Africa Research and Strategic Advisory (HORASA), to discuss the evolving political landscape in Somaliland following President Abdirahman Irro’s recent electoral victory. Shaqale analyzes the new administration’s […]

In the middle of the night between 12 and 13 June, Israel again struck military targets in Iran, including missile bases and command centres of the Revolutionary Guards. At first glance, this may appear to be a unilateral act of force. But to reduce the Israeli action to a cold aggression is to ignore – […]

Mariano Giustino, Ankara correspondent for Radio Radicale since 2010. Columnist specialising in Middle Eastern issues for several Italian newspapers, including Il Foglio, Huffington Post and L’Altravoce. Professional journalist since 1999. Italian voice of reference ‘from the field’ on Turkish and Middle Eastern politics, also thanks to the dissemination of his work on social media. For […]

A tired, impoverished, now even hungry country. It is the portrait of an exhausted Russia, scraping the bottom of the oil barrel to sustain the war effort. A war that, in the Kremlin’s dreams of glory, should have led to a lightning victory in three days, is increasingly taking on the connotations of a three-year-long […]

Over the past few years, Elon Musk has gradually transcended the boundaries of industry to take an increasingly central role in American politics. From his visits to the White House to his outbursts on X (formerly Twitter), via his leadership of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

The last month of the Polish presidency of the EU Council opened with the presidential runoff victory of the PiS Eurosceptic candidate Karol Nawrocki. This was the opposite of the pro-European government coalition led by Donald Tusk. Now the political-institutional uncertainty in Warsaw is reaffirmed, swinging back and forth between the Europe of Brussels and […]

For some time now, on L’Europeista, we have been closely following political developments in Poland. It is not just an internal barometer: Warsaw is now a central node in European dynamics. It is the most visible theatre of the clash between sovereignism and integration, but also a key player in the construction of common European […]

The principle of proportionality is one of the pillars of international humanitarian law, as well as of common sense. It requires that even where an attack is justified by self-defence or military necessity, the harm caused to civilians or civilian property should not be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage intended. […]

Seventy-one days. So little has passed since the specious arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul and symbolic face of the opposition to Erdogan. So little was enough for this event to slip into oblivion. It was only 19 March this year. The Western world was emotionally outraged and Turkish Gen Z was dreaming of […]

The recent meeting between the Moscow and Kyiv delegations on Turkish soil, organised to try to reach an agreement on a possible peace or at least a truce to the war that has been bloodyingUkraine for over three years, and resolved with nothing more than an exchange of prisoners, was an opportunity for our propagandists […]

On Monday 26 May, at 3 p.m., the Capitular Hall of the Senate of the Republic will host the initiative Democratic Shield – Defending Democracies from Foreign Interference, promoted by Action Senator Marco Lombardo. The event aims to bring together diplomacy, politics, law and information on a crucial issue for the resilience of contemporary democracies: […]

There is a time when not choosing becomes a choice in itself. And swaying Italy, today, seems to be walking with uncertain but steady step towards a marginal role in the great battle for the future of Europe and the West. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ‘s absence from the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ summit, convened […]

What happened yesterday 15 May at the Luigi Einaudi Campus of the University of Turin is not only an episode of violence, but an act of cultural surrender. There are not many words to search for: a group of students prevented, by force and with fear, the holding of an event designed to affirm democracy, […]

For several years there has been talk of amulti-speed EU, meaning a difference in the speed of the different countries in the same direction, that of greater integration and an implicit strengthening of its constitutional assumptions. The slower or faster speeds were understood with respect to the timing of the fulfilment of a process – […]

Between Ukraine, Gaza, BRICS and African instability, the Vatican chooses a balancing figure. With what global posture?The election of Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost, is a thoughtful move in a world in turmoil.The Catholic Church has chosen a figure who does not polarise, who does not divide, but who promises listening, prudence and a […]

Historic success for Anthony Albanese: reconfirmed with a large majority. Conservatives at an all-time low. The geography of the progressive consensus changes, also internationally. The Australian Labor Party achieved a historic election result in the federal election on 3 May. With 85 seats won in the House of Representatives, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was reconfirmed […]

US, Russia and Europe compared There is nothing orderly about the new global order. Beneath the rhetorical surface of internationalinternational organisations and established alliances, there is a profound redefinition of priorities andof the strategic visions of the major powers. The United States, Russia and the European Union –nominally partners or rivals, depending on the coordinates […]

At a time when politics is dominated by extremism and shouting, the centre once again becomes a concrete option. Not as a weak compromise, but as an autonomous project. The experiences of Keir Starmer in the United Kingdom, Friedrich Merz in Germany and Mark Carney in Canada prove this: there is a growing demand for […]

With Europe under pressure on tariffs, Ukraine and defence, the European Commission relies on direct talks and active diplomacy to avoid new rifts with Washington. A few jokes, a fleeting handshake on the parvis of St Peter’s, and a door that seemed definitively closed suddenly ajar. Theinformal meeting between Donald Trump and Ursula von der […]

The death of Pope Francis is not just a religious event: it is a geopolitical shock that spreads
far beyond the Vatican walls. Francis embodied an unprecedented form of diplomacy: not made of
armies or treaties, but of symbols, empathy, dialogue. While Europe was losing centrality, the Pope was
imposed himself as a global moral voice. Now, with his disappearance, a void opens up that Brussels
seems unprepared to fill. The question is simple, but ruthless: is the European Union ready to
take on that role?

With the death of Pope Francis, a peculiar season in contemporary Catholicism comes to an end. The first Latin American pontiff in history, a Jesuit and an Argentinean, represented a clear break with his European predecessors, not so much because of his geographical origin… but because of the worldview he brought with him to Rome […]

Watching the images from the White House, with journalists in mystical ecstasy and pundits in a trance, all that was missing was the Rocky soundtrack and a tricolour waving behind the Lincoln Memorial. A scene worthy of an election commercial. Then I read the enthusiastic reports of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s trip to Washington, celebrated […]

On 13 April 2025, a Russian missile attack hit the centre of the Ukrainian city of Sumy, killing at least 34 people, including two children, and injuring over a hundred civilians. According to the Russian authorities, the target was a ‘gathering of Ukrainian army officers‘. According to the Ukrainian authorities and numerous independent sources, it […]

After seven years of experiments, illusions and regulatory rigidity, Brussels finally seems ready to recognise what many in the European technology sector have long argued: the GDPR, in its current form, has been a powerful brake on development and innovation. And perhaps, ‘killing it’ – or rather, radically reforming it – would not be such […]

In the silence of the Western chancelleries, Turkey is in turmoil, and the country’s democratic hold is hanging by a thread. The arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu and the Gen Z street protests For more than two weeks now, the squares of Turkey’s most populous cities have been animated by non-stop protests against the anti-democratic conduct […]

That the cheerful Trump-Vance-Musk triangle is doing everything in its power to honour the ‘glories’ of the totalitarianisms that bloodied and darkened Western Europe in the first half of the 20th century is now a fact. Just as the unconcealed admiration that the American president has for the figure of thelast exponent of what was […]

Georgia is experiencing a particularly critical period in its political history, marked by an increasing erosion of its democratic institutions under the rule of the Georgian Dream party. Since the inauguration of the government led by Irakli Kobakhidze after the controversial elections in October 2024, there has been a series of legislative measures and political […]

If someone had proposed this story for a Netflix series on geopolitics, it would probably have been rejected at the script stage: too absurd, too improbable, too far from any security protocol, common sense or institutional respect. Instead, it really happened. A group of senior US administration officials, including Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and […]

When he speaks, Mario Draghi is never banal; many times he shows the way, others he is an unheard prophet, certainly never insignificant. That is why his speech today at the Budget, Productive Activities and EU Policies Committees of the House and Senate deserves to be disclosed and known in full, and we at L’Europeista […]

The decision of the Central Electoral Office on the exclusion of Călin Georgescu‘s Romanian presidential candidature, like the one – the latter presupposed – of the Constitutional Court of Bucharest on the annulment of the first round in December 2024, may arouse all kinds of doubts and perplexities, not least because it constitutes an unprecedented […]

Dear Democratic Party, what does it mean to be ‘in favour of common defence and against national rearmament’? Does a common defence mechanism exist today that can be immediately funded and made operational? No, there is not. It is a bit like being in favour of recovery from an illness but against the treatment at […]

The political crisis in Romania has raised crucial questions about the defence of democracy in the face of internal and external threats. The case of Călin Georgescu, an ultranationalist and pro-Russian candidate, is an emblematic example of how democratic institutions can react to such challenges. In the presidential elections on 24 November 2024, Georgescu won […]

Today’s decision by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) to exclude Călin Georgescu from the presidential competition on 4 May 2025 is an act of responsibility and a strong signal to protect the legitimacy of the electoral process. This is not a political manoeuvre to obstruct a popular candidate, but a necessary measure to ensure respect […]

French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech marks a key step in the continent’s security policy. In an increasingly unstable international landscape, Macron delivered a peremptory message: Europe can no longer afford to depend solely on the United States for its defence. The Old Continent must develop autonomous strategic and military capabilities, on pain of geopolitical irrelevance. […]

International politics is the litmus test of political leadership. And it is precisely on international politics that PD secretary Elly Schlein is demonstrating her total inadequacy, which in our opinion makes both her and her PD unserviceable as a government option for Italy. Her latest sortie – a hard ‘no‘ to the European defence plan […]

The facts of the last week are known to almost everyone. During a meeting at the White House, Donald Trump and his deputy JD Vance quarrelled with Ukrainian President Zelensky live on air. The pretext was a blunt response from Zelensky who, faced with the boast that Trump’s ‘diplomacy’ would be more effective than Biden’s […]

A Donald Trump worthy of the Capone played by Robert De Niro who, backed by his deputy, a friend of German neo-Nazis, shouts at Zelensky ‘you’re all talk and badges’. This is what we saw live from the Oval Office of the White House. The US has now gone from being champions of the free […]

In an interview with Repubblica today, Gianfranco Fini takes up a theme that often emerges in the Italian and European public debate in heated tones: the identity of the right and its relationship with the European Union. The words of the founder of Alleanza Nazionale and former Foreign Minister put the idea of a united […]

What lessons can we learn from the German elections, beyond the feeling of ‘danger averted’? A first fundamental lesson, in our opinion, was provided by the turnout, an extraordinary 84 per cent, a turnout comparable only to that of 1990, the year of unification. The German public has fully grasped the delicacy of the historical […]

Those who are older yesterday were reminded of Rockefeller by the President of the United States. Not the founder of the US industrial dynasty, but the animated puppet – an anthropomorphic raven in tails – voiced by ventriloquist José Luis Moreno and which had some success on Italian TV in the 1980s. The Kremlin ventriloquist […]

‘Ukraine must hold new elections. It‘s not coming from Russia, it’s coming from me‘. With this statement, the President of the United States brings the Ukrainian issue back into the spotlight, backed, moreover, by Elon Musk, his main backer, who on X reiterates: ‘If we are defending democracy, then there must be democracy‘. A statement […]

From trade tariffs to the race for artificial intelligence, from the cost of energy to common defence: Mario Draghi’s speech at the European Parliament Week 2025 in Brussels left no room for interpretation. If the Union wants to preserve its competitiveness, it must act as one. Not a wish, but a strategic necessity. “To meet […]

It is now a fact that the new Trump is more and more similar to the very old Trump, the unscrupulous real estate developer who, with an aggressive and engulfing attitude, acquired New York neighbourhoods yesterday, increasing his fortune. A very different Trump from the one in his first term, strengthened by a re-election after […]

In recent months, the European Union has returned to the centre of the global economic debate, but not for the reasons it would like. On the one hand, domestic over-regulation is eroding the competitiveness of companies against American and Asian competitors; on the other, trade tensions with the United States, fuelled by the Trump administration’s […]

9 May, you know, is Europe Day. But, as of yesterday, the date 9 February rivals the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration in historical importance: the Baltic Republics – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – have officially disconnected from the Russian electricity grid, completing the long-awaited transition from Moscow’s energy sphere of influence to the European […]

Donald Trump ‘s release on the ‘transfer/relocation‘ of Palestinians from Gaza brings to mind some not too distant episodes that took place between January and August 2020. These facts, little considered at the time, acquire new meanings today, especially if reread in the light of the normalisation dynamics between Israel and certain Arab countries, and […]

Raise your hand if you have not come across, at least once, the cliché that the 20th century mass media (radio, cinema and television) created national identities. In school books, it is presented more as a fact than a hypothesis.Now, in light of this precedent, with which we are all very familiar, why is no […]

The issue of Greenland, and President Trump’s threat to seize it, risks becoming an interesting exercise in observing EU history. We certainly live in complicated times, and these are highlighting the inadequacy of a European ruling class of dwarfs, the prevalence of nationalism (which is not of today), the unscrupulousness of a European bureaucracy that […]

While the US unleashes a senseless trade war with Mexico and Canada – with 25% tariffs imposed by the Trump administration and inevitable retaliation from neighbouring countries – in Europe such a scenario is unthinkable. We will never see Germany raise customs barriers against Italy, nor France impose duties on Spanish manufacturing. The reason? The […]

The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States in 2016 had profound repercussions in the political and social fabric of the United States. Among the most striking reactions to the new administration’s policies is the ambitious initiative of a political movement proposing an independent California. This project, called ‘Calexit‘, draws inspiration from […]

The great paradox of our times lies in relying on those who propose ever simpler solutions, ever more ascribable to the black or white dimension, in a world that is increasingly made up of complex phenomena that are difficult to interpret clearly and unambiguously. On this dualism has been composed practically the entire political life […]

European politics is again the scene of high diplomatic tensions, with Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, at the centre of controversy. Donald Tusk, former Polish prime minister and current president of the European Union, launched a harsh attack against Orbán, accusing him of siding with Vladimir Putin at a crucial time for Europe’s security […]

The European Union is shooting itself in the foot. With the AI Act, we risk turning into a stagnant market, where innovation and productivity are stifled by regulations designed to protect, but which end up penalising. And while we impose paralysing constraints on ourselves, under the illusion that we are regulating AI to give it […]

The European Parliament adopted a resolution entitled “New allegations of Russian interference in the European Parliament and the upcoming European elections and the impact on the Union”, strongly condemning Russia’s systematic use of disinformation to justify the war of aggression in Ukraine. With 480 votes in favour, 58 against and 48 abstentions, MEPs rejected Russian […]

That these are times in which brute force has returned to regulate relations between states, and in which international law is no longer respected even in words, is there for all to see. Perhaps the most eloquent symptom of this was the double whammy inflicted on the International Criminal Court in the space of a […]

Donald Tusk in Strasbourg, the Polish Prime Minister presents the programme of the EU Presidency and raises the issue of defence, identity and the global role of the Union. Poland today has the strength, authority and credibility to lead Europe. The Polish rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union opened on 1 January […]

With the start of the new presidential term, there are exactly 1461 days until the end of Donald Trump’s presidency. Three years ago 365 days and a leap year of 366. Let’s look at it this way: at the very moment it begins, the second Trump era will also begin its parabola into the sunset. […]

Warsaw’s new course away from Moscow and close to Brussels Poland is not just a state; it is a bridge between East and West bathed by the Baltic Sea, a strategic borderland that has been battered and plundered over the centuries, but never folded. Adam Mickiewicz called it the‘Christ of nations‘, and in recent years […]

Dear Elon, Your comment touches on a real challenge, but the response given by your so-called friends in Europe—sovereigntists and nationalists—is to abandon the idea of a united Europe in favor of the rhetoric of small homelands, “masters” of their own destiny. It would be akin to the fate of the Greek city-states, swept away […]

“Negotiations on Ukraine must be held between Russia and the United States without the participation of any other Western country. We have nothing to talk about with London or Brussels (…). The leadership of the EU does not have the right to speak for many of its member countries, such as Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and […]

It could be said that Minister Carlo Nordio yesterday simply finalised the prisoner exchange agreed between the Italian and Iranian governments following the release of Cecilia Sala. But those who would say that would be very wrong. The gift of political absolution Nordio has done something much more and worse, reciprocating the ‘gift’ of Cecilia […]

On 18 November 2024, the Council of the European Union approved a declaration that marks a fundamental step towards a common understanding of the application of international law to cyberspace. This document emphasises that international law remains valid and effective even in an ever-evolving digital domain, reaffirming that states must abide by clear rules and […]

With Donald Trump‘s inauguration just days away, the US Democratic Party finds itself in deep crisis, seen as detached from reality and far from the demands and sentiment of the country. It will be important for them to be able to find the right balance from a communicative and political point of view in order […]

Donald Trump, with his demand that NATO countries spend at least 5% of their GDP on defence, has launched a provocation that should not be ignored. Beyond the exact figure, and the buffoonish and blustering attitude of the US president-elect, not to recognise this urgency is not to be good Europeans. Europe must get out […]

The lost utopia of political philanthropy In the collective imagination of past progressive movements, figures like George Soros represented a beacon of political philanthropy, a modern patron who spurred societies towards democratic enlightenment. But, where the utopia of perfect democracy has proven to be just that, an utopia, roles have reversed within a few years, […]

The war between Russia and Ukraine has generated a series of geopolitical consequences that go far beyond regional borders, involving international actors with diverging interests. Among the various issues under discussion, one of the most controversial aspects concerns the role of the United States and its alleged goal of permanently disrupting energy relations between Russia […]

“Europe, are you ready to get back on the road of greatness and strength? Poland is ready!” With this sharp and direct message, Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, chose to shake consciences about X, raising the challenge for a continent that needs to rediscover ambition and courage. This is not just rhetoric: it is […]

29 December 2024 was a day of deep political tensions and heated protests in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, coinciding with the inauguration of former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili as the new president. The ceremony, organised by the ruling Georgian Dream party, took place inside parliament and was attended by the oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder of the party […]

Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist, was arrested in Iran for allegedly violating Islamic laws. The Iranian authorities confirm consular access and ongoing investigations. The case raises international concerns.

A crucial junction for Europe Germany’s crisisOn 27 December, German President Steinmeier officially dissolved the Bundestag and called new elections for 23 February 2025, following the lack of confidence in Olaf Scholz ‘s government on 16 December.The Federal Republic of Germany, which until a few years ago was referred to as the ‘Locomotive of Europe’, […]

The plane crash near Aktau, Kazakhstan, would never have come to light in its shocking truth without the courage and promptness of Azamat Sarsenbayev. A blogger and bricklayer, Azamat certainly doesn’t make a living from his videos: in Aktau, a city of 180,000 inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, documenting flocks of birds or construction sites […]

On 26 and 27 December 2024, the pro-Russian hacker collective NoName057(16) conducted a series of targeted cyber attacks against Italian institutional sites, motivating them as a response to alleged Russophobia. The attacks on the first day hit the sites of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Guardia di Finanza, […]

On Monday 23 December, a much-discussed document was published in the United States: the report of the Ethics Committee of the US Congress on Matt Gaetz, Trump’s first choice to become Attorney General (Attorney General) in his new administration, before officially withdrawing from the candidacy precisely because of the incumbency of this report, which is […]

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni delivered a strong message during her visit to the Šiauliai air base in Lithuania, where she met the Italian military contingent engaged in the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission. The Prime Minister emphasised that Europe’s security, both physical and digital, is under threat and stated that the European Union will […]

At nineteen minutes and four minutes on 20 December 2024, Taleb Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old Saudi psychiatrist, drove a dark BMW into the last corner before the Magdeburg market square and ploughed full speed into the crowd, turning the Christmas market into a scene of terror. Having arrived in Germany in 2006, Abdulmohsen was known for […]

Shooting in Abkhazia’s parliament: murder and political tensions In the capital Sokhumi, the separatist region of Abkhazia – occupied by Russia and recognised as part of Georgia by the majority of the world’s states – was the scene of a serious episode of political violence. Vakhtang Golandzia, an Abkhaz MP, was shot dead in the […]

Volodymyr Zelensky ‘s interview with Le Parisien was manipulated by some Italian newspapers, such as Il Fatto Quotidiano, which shamefully spoke of a declared ‘surrender’ by the president of Ukraine. This narrative is totally false and betrays both the reality of the Ukrainian head of state’s statements and his duty of honesty towards his readers. […]

There is something ironic, almost theatrical, in seeing Giorgia Meloni, once queen of the squares against Brussels and champion of the anti-euro crusades, suddenly discover that ‘united we go further’. It seems that Europe, as hated as it is evoked, has become the compass of those who until yesterday denounced every yielding as a betrayal […]

“Defence spending must be excluded from the Stability Pact“. With these words, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani brought a crucial question to the centre of the European debate: how to finance the European Union’s growing security needs without penalising national budgets? Tajani’s proposal captures an essential priority: to guarantee member states the possibility of strengthening […]

The ranking of the 28 most influential personalities for the future and destinies of Europe for 2025 reveals new leaders and new geopolitical balances.

Natia Mezvrishvili is a Georgian lawyer and politician, currently Vice-President of the opposition party ‘For Georgia’, founded by former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia. With a long career that includes prominent roles as Deputy Interior Minister and Head of Government Administration, she has distinguished herself for her commitment to promoting democratic reforms and theEuropean integration of […]

The facts On 24 November, Romanians voted in the first round of the presidential elections.Alongside the candidates of the establishment (social democrats and national liberals), accused not without all the wrongs of keeping a corrupt system alive, ran George Simion, leader of a Eurosceptic right-wing party, and two populists of the opposite sign: Elena Lasconi […]

“The US could leave NATO if we are not treated fairly.”– Donald Trump, 8 December 2024. US President elect Donald Trump has once again caused a stir by declaring the possibility of a US withdrawal from NATO. This statement, although controversial, is nothing new in the political rhetoric of Trump, who had already raised doubts […]

Romania is at the centre of an unprecedented democratic crisis. On 6 December 2024, the Constitutional Court annulled the results of the first round of the presidential elections, citing serious irregularities and suspicions of external interference. This decision came a few days after the results were announced, raising profound questions about the vulnerability of the […]

On 5 December 2024, the European Commission ordered TikTok to freeze and store all data related to the Romanian elections. This action, made possible by the Digital Services Act (DSA), shows how the EU is using innovative legislative tools to protect democracy from the risks of the digital world.The decision follows the discovery of a […]

Ireland reappointed the outgoing coalition, proving that governing and winning elections without populism and anti-Europeanism is still possible. Unlike many other countries, voters chose not to punish incumbent rulers during the era of COVID-19 and high inflation. The election campaign was dominated by the question of how to reconcile sound public finances with voters’ concerns […]

It is very recent news, announced by the Wall Street Journal, that Pete Hegseth, selected by Donald Trump as a possible Secretary of Defence, will probably not be confirmed by the US Senate, which for the second time in a few days would be able to block a Trumpian nomination (the first had been Matt […]

On 3 December 2024, the European Union reached an agreement on the EU Deforestation Regulation, marking the end of a negotiation path characterised by high political tensions. The goal of the regulation is to eliminate deforestation from the supply chains of products such as beef, soy, timber, cocoa, palm oil, coffee and rubber within the […]

France is going through one of the most serious political crises in its recent history. The government led by Michel Barnier, already in a precarious position, is threatened by a no-confidence motion that unites in an unprecedented way two opposing political forces: the Rassemblement National (RN) of Marine Le Pen and La France Insoumise of […]

Having overcome the difficulties of the complex European negotiations, the Von Der Leyen II Commission is finally set in motion, with Raffaele Fitto in the role of executive vice-president, flanked by Teresa Ribera. His nomination eventually won the favourable vote of the European Socialists, albeit with some distinguation, the Liberals of Renew Europe, the Populars […]

Donald Trump has been making this clear for a year. Either Europe increases military spending or America disengages from NATO policy. If not understood, the American diktat could be an existential turning point for the European Union. The American warning is not only a request for defensive support, but has above all a market logic. […]

Defence spending in Italy is today the focus of political and media debate, also in light of the commitments made with NATO to allocate 2% of GDP to the sector by 2028. This goal, although ambitious, still seems far off, despite the increases provided for in the 2025 Budget Law. Italy, with current spending of […]

On 28 November 2024, the European Parliament, by a narrow majority, approved the composition of the new Von der Leyen-led Commission. An outcome that was not a foregone conclusion, given the premises, which makes it worthwhile to make a few considerations regarding the democratic scope of what has happened in recent months in the old […]

Last year, according to an analysis by research site Carbon Brief, China surpassed the European Union in historical cumulative carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, becoming the second largest global contributor, preceded only by the United States. Western ‘guilt’ no longer holds water The overtaking, both symbolic and strategic, highlights a profound shift in global power relations […]

How long can a democracy last without participation? This is no longer a rhetorical question. The answer, unfortunately, is clear: it cannot last. The recent regional elections in Emilia-Romagna and Umbria, with turnouts of 46.42% and 52.13% respectively, mark a further step towards the decline of democratic participation. In the last European elections in June, […]

The affair of migrants ferried back and forth in the Adriatic between Italy and Albania is taking on contours that go far beyond a clumsy and costly attempt by the Meloni government to respond to the pressures of migration flows. 11 November marked a new chapter in the affair: the Court of Rome suspended the […]

Three years ago the Draghi cabinet crisis began.The less forgetful Italians remember well how it unfolded. Already for months the Five Stars Movement had been having belly aches over what the cabinet of national unity was doing: support for Ukraine, large infrastructure projects and, above all, the silent dismantling of the clientelistic expenses on which […]