Social media 4 October 2018 Macron Vs Orbán and Salvini: the debate on Twitter between openness and closure By Martina Zaghi On August 28 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán flew to Milan to meet Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. We followed the public discussion on Twitter related to the meeting, collecting and analyzing messages, retweets and comments.
Political visions 3 April 2018 Germany’s leadership role in the Eurozone revisited: past and present By Siegfried Schieder and Claudia Guarneri Notions such as ‘leadership’ or ‘hegemony’ suggest that without a strong Germany to enforce the Eurozone’s fiscal restrictions, the implementation of difficult albeit necessary structural reforms would not be successful at preserving the Euro. However, is it justified to view Germany as a leading power during the Eurozone crisis? Moreover, what does the new German government mean for the Eurozone’s ambitious plans for deeper economic integration?
Political visions 5 February 2018 Emmanuel Macron: a leader who speaks up for Europe By Federico Bruno Moving from the analysis of his Sorbonne speech, this article intends to offer an overall assessment of Macron's ideas on Europe under the light of the four cleavages that structure European politics: market-correcting versus market-making, solidarity versus responsibility, free movement versus national closure, and integration versus autonomy.