Alexander Damiano Ricci

Alexander Damiano Ricci is a German-Italian freelance journalist. He graduated in Economics and Political Science at the University of Milan. His research interests focus on how media from different countries frame European political news and debates.

ricci@euvisions.eu

24 September 2018

Andrea Venzon: “If VOLT succeeds, Europe will change”

By Alexander Damiano Ricci

VOLT promises to “radically change the way politics is done and European institutions” through the first-ever pan-European party in history.

30 June 2018

A dialogue on Europe: young leaders debate the present and future of the Union. Interview

By Alexander Damiano Ricci

From the analysis of the main political conflict lines tearing apart the EU, to the issue of populism. From the relation between economic and social Europe, to the evaluation of the European Pillar of Social Rights. Young leaders from the JEF, YES, AEGEE, ETUC and EYF, debate the state of the Union and possible developments in the upcoming months leading to the European Parliamentary elections of 2019.

26 February 2018

No, Germany and Italy do not share the same EU vision

By Alexander Damiano Ricci

A couple of weeks ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, met on the occasion of a bilateral meeting, in Berlin. The two leaders said that they share the “same vision concerning the future of Europe”. Coupling the joint statement of Gentiloni and Merkel with the French-German entente sieged by the GroKo deal, one could argue that there exists an ideal match between the reformist visions of the centre-left and centre-right governing parties in France, Germany and Italy.

15 January 2018

The EPSR must become EU law – A conversation with George Dassis

By Alexander Damiano Ricci

Euvisions met the President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), George Dassis, in November 2017, on the occasion of the interinstitutional proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), in Gothenburg, Sweden.

29 November 2017

High level debate on Posted Workers in Brussels: a discussion report

By Alexander Damiano Ricci

Will recent legal interventions of European institutions on the posting of workers be sufficient to block chauvinist movements across the Union? The topic has been at the centre of a high-level debate organised by Euractiv and the Mission of Switzerland to the European Union, in Brussels.

6 November 2017

Social Summit 2017: restoring the legitimacy of the EU

By Maurizio Ferrera and Alexander Damiano Ricci

The official proclamation of the Pillar of Social Rights on the occasion of the next Social Summit in Gothenburg serves a specific objective: correcting the negative spillovers caused by the rigid application of EU principles, such as fiscal discipline and freedom of movement.

26 October 2017

With Kurz and Rutte, Merkel won allies in reshaping the EU

By Maurizio Ferrera and Alexander Damiano Ricci

After the elections of 2017, The Hague and Vienna share similar views on the priorities at the EU governance level. The latter developments could have a direct effect on the power balance between France and Germany over a potential EU reform.

9 October 2017

Is the EU doomed after the result of the German elections?

By Maurizio Ferrera and Alexander Damiano Ricci

There is a chance that Germany’s stance will become more Eurosceptic in the upcoming months. To understand why it’s not the Liberals, nor the Greens we need to look at. It’s Munich and the Christian Social Union (CSU).

22 June 2016

Brexit and Twitter: a tale of two campaigns

By Giovanni Pagano and Alexander Damiano Ricci

In this study we look at how the EU referendum has been publicly discussed in the UK on Twitter. More precisely, we are interested in understanding the development of the thematic focus of the general Brexit debate as well as the behaviour of particular groups of users.

6 May 2016

Corbyn’s EU-turn speech as seen from Twitter

By Giovanni Pagano and Alexander Damiano Ricci

Jeremy Corbyn's pro-EU speech did not lead to relevant changes in British citizens’ preferences on the EU referendum. We looked at Twitter data to shed some light on the reaction of the Twittersphere.

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Alexander Damiano Ricci

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