Signing such an agreement is a very strong step for a country like Italy, with a very recent history of sensitivity and combating disinformation compared to other EU Member States
Teresa Coratella on the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and the US to strengthen cooperation in countering disinformation
It is precisely with the annexation of Crimea that Europe begins to look at disinformation and build structures to monitor, alert and manage it, especially the Russian one
Europeans cannot agree on the simplest things, how could they agree on the most politically sensitive area of all?
Jana Puglierin comments on the difficulties related to a possible creation of a European army
Although Imec is more of a complementary option than an alternative to Suez, it would ease the pressure on the canal by providing an additional route for certain types of goods
What can be done is to create ‘alternative routes’ to the Red Sea, which is one of the most important bottlenecks for data traffic as well, and not just maritime traffic
Alberto Rizzi comments on the tlc cable alert and the creation of alternative routes to the Red Sea
I think that if Europe is blocked today, it is not by the economy. Nor is it really blocked by politics. It is blocked by anthropology.
Pascal Lamy explains the situation in which Europe finds itself today
Only if they carefully absorb the lessons learned from this war will Europeans be ready for the kinds of confrontations between great powers that are becoming increasingly likely in the 21st century
It would be foolish to think we can compete with China, the United Arab Emirates or even Turkey. To be meaningful, the Mattei Plan will have to fit into a broader framework of EU initiatives
