Publication: L´espresso

08.05.15 Publication: L´espresso

Fasten your safety belts. Europe is headingfor not just one crisis but two, both of which could lead to disaster, disintegration and the collapse of the whole...

27.02.14 Publication: L´espresso

For someone who claims to want to emulate Britain’s Tony Blair, Matteo Renzi has made a strange start in national politics.  When I...

13.12.13 Publication: L´espresso

So the whole world now knows what Italians have known for years: that Matteo Renzi fancies himself as Italy’s Tony Blair. Presumably, what Renzi...

02.12.12 Publication: L´espresso

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18.07.11 Publication: L´espresso

Throughout the global financial crisis and then more recently the euro-zone government debt crisis, actions and events that were described as unthinkable or...

21.04.11 Publication: L´espresso

Culturally, Japan and Italy are as far apart as they are geographically. Yet they still share some surprising similarities. Both are proud of their...

21.01.11 Publication: L´espresso

The euro is like a beautiful modern building, one that is still attracting new tenants (Estonia joined on January 1st) and hosting a helluva rooftop party for...

25.11.10 Publication: L´espresso

The strangest thing about Silvio Berlusconi is that he has appeared unconcerned about leaving any kind of a legacy, any set of achievements through which he...