13 Oct
From Milan towards Glasgow: for a Green Geopolitical Europe?
How can the EU and its member states seize the opportunity for a cohesive policy on green issues?
Experts & Staff
Teresa Coratella
Programme Manager, ECFR Rome
Languages
Italian, Polish, English and basic French
Biography
Teresa Coratella is the programme manager at the European Council on Foreign Relations’ Rome office.
Coratella joined ECFR as an advocacy and communications officer in February 2011. Previously, she worked for the Warsaw-based Institute for Eastern Studies as programme assistant in charge of partnerships and development. She contributed to the organization of high level international conferences on foreign policy issues in several European capitals. She holds an MA in European Interdisciplinary Studies from the College of Europe, Natolin Campus, with a focus on the EU as a regional actor. She holds a BA in International Relations and wrote her final dissertation on Polish foreign policy between 1989 and 2004. Coratella is a member of WIIS(Women in International Security). She is a native speaker of Italian and Polish and speaks fluent English and basic French.
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Publications
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Italy has an opportunity to position itself closer to the Franco-German engine and to help construct a multilateral system in which the EU and the US are equal partners
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Articles
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Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has an opportunity to build a relationship with the next German chancellor that is free from party political rivalries. In doing so, he should focus on four main issues at the heart of the German-Italian relationship.
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Italy should use its G20 presidency and COP26 co-presidency to help the EU become a major player in green geopolitics and a mediator between competing great powers
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Italy and Portugal will follow a common, coordinated strategy on key policy areas as presidents of the G20 and the EU respectively
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Podcasts
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In the media
Migration is the most divisive dossier for the EU, only temporarily frozen by the pandemic. It remains a sensitive issue as the Member States have 27 different positions.
Teresa Coratella on the divisive character of migration at a EU level
Sustainable development and climate can really play a major role during the meeting
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But such a meeting could help to develop a long-term strategy for Africa – as an equal partner and not just a recipient of development aid
Teresa Coratella comments on the plans of the G20 meeting
Both countries seem to have found in foreign policy the basin for proactive action and initiative aimed at supporting stronger European action
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According to a study by ECFR, Rome will orient itself more closely than in the past to joint strategies with EU partners and the USA and show less ambition for national understandings with China and Russia