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Alberto Alemanno is Jean Monnet professor of European Union law at HEC Paris, visiting professor at the College of Europe, Bruges and Europe’s Futures fellow at IWM in Vienna. He is the founder of the non-profit organisation and movement The Good Lobby committed to equalise access to power.

Europe’s Awakening in Trumpland

Alberto Alemanno and Edouard Gaudot

Trump's renewed assault on the EU has reignited a dormant sense of European purpose.

Europe’s Shifting Alliances: Can the EU Stand Up to Trump?

Alberto Alemanno

Trump’s return tests the EU’s unity like never before. Can Europe hold its ground, or will divisions reshape the Union’s future?

EU enlargement, reform and the missing citizens

Alberto Alemanno

EU institutional reform should be about the citizenry. So what happened to the Conference on the Future of Europe?

Ursula von der Leyen—the accidental president

Alberto Alemanno

The State of the European Union address reflected a union buffeted by a series of crises.

Who guards the guardians in Europe?

Alberto Alemanno

Judges are taking action, since EU institutions have failed to uphold the rule of law.

The future of Europe: who holds the baton?

Alberto Alemanno

Political leaders must not turn the Conference on the Future of Europe into another EU black box.

Releasing Europe’s democratic genie

Alberto Alemanno

The Conference on the Future of Europe might sow the seeds of a genuine European political space.

A European Super-PAC To Take On Bannon’s Illiberal Shock Troops

Alberto Alemanno

The 2019 elections for the European Parliament boil down to a war between supporters of EU integration, multilateralism and liberal values, and those who aim

Davos Of The Many For The Few

Alberto Alemanno

It is easy to dismiss Davos as nothing more than a talkfest among greedy CEOs, cheerful philanthropists and photogenic celebrity activists. Yet this narrative –

Why Europe Needs Civic Entrepreneurs

Alberto Alemanno and Michael Cottakis

Europe needs a new breed of entrepreneur. Not just tech entrepreneurs who freeride on our personal data before becoming philanthropists. But civic entrepreneurs who dare

To Build Europe We Need Citizen Lobbyists

Alberto Alemanno

While public sentiment about the European project has rebounded, Europeans remain largely dissatisfied with whether their voices and concerns count in Brussels. Despite recurrent calls

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