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TWO DAYS AT THE EU SUSTAINABLE ENERGY WEEK; THE GOOD STORY WE SHOULD BE TELLING
TWO DAYS AT THE EU SUSTAINABLE ENERGY WEEK; THE GOOD STORY WE SHOULD BE TELLING

This week the European Sustainable Energy Week turned twenty. Since 2006 it has grown into Europe’s biggest...

2 JUNE, 1946: THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC IS BORN!
2 JUNE, 1946: THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC IS BORN!

2 June 1946. Eighty years ago, Italians – and, for the first time, Italian women – went to the polls to...

WHERE IS THE EU-ETS REFORM HEADED?
WHERE IS THE EU-ETS REFORM HEADED?

On 12 May, I attended the High-Level Stakeholders Roundtable on the EU ETS Review in Brussels, a session convened by...

War in Iran? the EU has a great ressource it does not use enough. Energy efficiency
War in Iran? the EU has a great ressource it does not use enough. Energy efficiency

This op-ed is co-signed with Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse.  It was published https://www.latribune...

Good news from Santa Marta: those keen to move away from fossil fuels are getting serious. (But Italy is holding back)
Good news from Santa Marta: those keen to move away from fossil fuels are getting serious. (But Italy is holding back)

Fifty-seven countries accounting for a third of global GDP, a civil society that has been mobilised for months, a...

AccelerateEU: the EU Commission solution to fossil fuel dependence
AccelerateEU: the EU Commission solution to fossil fuel dependence

€340 billion. That is how much Europe’s fossil fuel bill for 2025 has cost; and that’s already...

Elections in Hungary: a wonderful victory, but the trip to restore democracy is just beginning
Elections in Hungary: a wonderful victory, but the trip to restore democracy is just beginning

Peter Magyar won by an overwhelming margin of two-thirds. He delivered his victory speech to thousands of young and...

The case Orban: in Europe but against Europe
The case Orban: in Europe but against Europe

There is one date that has stayed with me throughout my more than thirty years in European politics: 16 April 1994...

The West has lost its way War without rules, Europe remains silent, Italy is trapped
The West has lost its way War without rules, Europe remains silent, Italy is trapped

Nel 2015 l'accordo nucleare con l'Iran — il JCPOA — funzionava: centrifughe ridotte di due terzi...

FROM DAVOS TO MUNICH: the Europe we don't want and the one worth working for!
FROM DAVOS TO MUNICH: the Europe we don't want and the one worth working for!

From Davos to Munich, leaders have spoken. The trajectory they are drawing for the EU is clearer — and deeply...

The Summit at the Castle of Alden Biesel: will Draghi and Letta be able to resist MERZONI?
The Summit at the Castle of Alden Biesel: will Draghi and Letta be able to resist MERZONI?

‘MERZONI’ is the nickname given to the Merz–Meloni axis and their non-paper on European...

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