Date: 2021
Type: Working Paper
The Politics of differentiated integration : what do governments want? Country report : Italy
Working Paper, EUI RSC, 2021/09, Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU)
VOLPI, Elisa, The Politics of differentiated integration : what do governments want? Country report : Italy, EUI RSC, 2021/09, Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU) - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/70211
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The analysis of how differentiated integration is discussed in Italian politics returned two clear results. Firstly, the topic is not very salient in the period of time considered (2002-2020) and there is no clear trend overtime. Salience peaked around specific key events such as Treaty changes (2004-2005: Constitution, 2007-2008: Lisbon) and debates on the future of Europe (2016-2019). Secondly, despite the low saliency of the issue, Italian governments appear to hold a clear and coherent position on this issue. Italy supports the multi-end DI model and favours tools such as enhanced co-operation. In particular, after Brexit, Italian governments saw this tool as the solution to keep the EU together while moving forward with the integration process and keeping Italy in ‘core Europe.’ On the contrary, a multi-speed Europe is strongly opposed by Italian politicians, who fear that their country might be among those left behind if such a model of integration is implemented.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/70211
ISSN: 1028-3625
Series/Number: EUI RSC; 2021/09; Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU)
Publisher: European University Institute
Keyword(s): Differentiated integration Multi-end Europe Enhanced co-operation Two-speed Europe Core Europe
Grant number: H2020/822304/EU
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This [report/publication/etc] is part of the InDivEU project which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 822304.
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