Policy focus 4 June 2018 The politicization of the European Central Bank: A more charismatic actor? By Pamela Pansardi and Pier Domenico Tortola Our overall findings thus offer further support to the diffuse observations of a politicization of the ECB also in terms of the way its Presidents have started communicating with the public.
Policy focus 21 July 2016 EU-related discussions in the Spanish elections: A Twitter study By Francesca Arcostanzo and Pier Domenico Tortola Spanish electoral discussions in 2015 and 2016 displayed surprisingly little Europeanization. The only exception to this trend was the Brexit issue, whose effects on the Spanish vote, however, remain unclear.
Policy focus 25 January 2016 Renzi vs Juncker: A social media analysis By Giovanni Pagano, Alexander Damiano Ricci and Pier Domenico Tortola The recent war of words between Matteo Renzi and Jean-Claude Juncker, triggered by the latter’s critical remarks towards Italy is only the latest, and certainly one of the most visible episodes in what some have called a new fault line in European politics.