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1. Sovereignty and Democracy: Overcoming Supranational Mutual Double-Binds from the Eurozone
(Francesco Pigozzo/Essay)

... European unification process to the progressive weakening of US hegemony in the world from 1971 onward. In this paper I point out that two double-binds mutually prevent a full (and widespread) understanding ...

2. De Gaulle, the “Empty Chair Crisis” and the European Movement
(Paolo Caraffini/Essay)

... unification of the Old Continent. The aim of this essay is to analyse EM’s stance in defence of the Community institutions established under the Treaties of Paris (1951) and Rome (1957), in the face of ...

3. Towards a Federal Democracy in Europe?
(Roberto Castaldi/Essay)

... the insights of the main grand theories, based on the interpretative scheme of crisis-initiative-leadership, and the distinction between unification, integration and construction. Applying this toolkit, ...

4. The Spinelli Group: an engine of the initiatives that Europe needs?
(Roberto Castaldi/editorial)

This paper analyses the importance of the creation of the Spinelli Group in the current context of the European unification process. If the Spinelli Group manages to take initiatives to advance the ability ...

5. Europe needs initiative and leadership to overcome the crisis
(Roberto Castaldi/Editorial)

This paper applies the interpretative scheme “crisis-initiative-leadership” - developed with reference to the European unification process as a whole – to the current crises to analyse if and how the ...

6. How to re-launch the European unification process?
(Roberto Castaldi/Note)

The Italian President, Giorgio Napolitano, and former Minister Tommaso Padoa Schioppa recently urged for the re-launch of the European unification process. This short note analyses and comments their ...