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Sergio Fabbrini


Sergio Fabbrini is professor of political science and international relations, Intesa Sanpaolo chair on European governance and head of the political-science department at Luiss University in Rome.

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How to combat economic nationalism in Europe

Sergio Fabbrini 10th May 2024

The Letta report on the single market should spur a renewal of supranationalism in the European Union.

Ukraine and Europe: speaking truth to ourselves

Sergio Fabbrini 10th February 2024

The war in Ukraine has two major implications for Europe and Europeans. Unfortunately, they are contradictory.

Fiscal regimes and equality among states

Sergio Fabbrini 17th June 2020

Amid talk of a ‘Hamiltonian moment’, the Next Generation EU recovery fund recalls a later US Treasury secretary as a fiscal union emerges.

The future of Europe is being decided now

Sergio Fabbrini 3rd April 2020

Given the ravages of the coronavirus crisis, the future of Europe cannot be one of permanent division between its northern and southern states.

Juncker: The Triumph Of Conventional Wisdom

Sergio Fabbrini 22nd September 2017

Finally, the European Commission has made itself heard. The speech by President Jean-Claude Juncker on the State of the Union elevated the tone of the European debate, raising issues which quite a few people had already swept under the carpet. For them (national political leaders and EU officials) the perfect storm has now passed. Since […]

After The Rome Declaration: A Union – Not A State

Sergio Fabbrini 4th April 2017

As was predictable, the Rome Declaration of 25 March 2017 (for the sixtieth anniversary of the Rome Treaties) ended up in an ambiguous compromise. Even Merkel’s wishes to introduce the principle of a multi-speed Europe into the Declaration was scaled down. The Declaration recites: “We will act together, at different paces and intensity where necessary, […]

The European Commission: The Celebration Of Confusion

Sergio Fabbrini 16th March 2017

The European Commission’s White Book on the future of Europe provides a modest and confused contribution to the discussion which should lead to the Statement of Rome on 25 March. Modest because there is no serious reflection on the causes of the European crisis, a crisis which has even led to the secession of an […]

Why We Should Be Wary Of Proposals To ‘Parliamentarise’ EU Decision-making

Sergio Fabbrini 10th August 2015

Strengthening the role of the European Parliament has often been proposed as a method for addressing the EU’s alleged democratic deficit. Sergio Fabbrini writes that while there are legitimate criticisms to be made about intergovernmental models of European integration, any attempt to create a system approximating national parliamentary democracy at the European level would be counter-productive. He […]

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