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Un piano per uscire dalla permacrisi

“Permacrisi” sembra la parola più adatta per descrivere il mondo instabile e turbolento in cui viviamo. Eppure, nonostante il prefisso “perma” sembri suggerire il contrario, non si tratta di una situazione permanente. La strada per uscirne è lu...

The idea that Green Tech Could Form the Foundation of a Major Economy is Unrealistic

American, Chinese, and European policymakers seem convinced that supporting high-tech green industries is the key not only to a sustainable future, but also to a prosperous one. But the idea that green tech could form the foundation of a major econom...

How the EU has Lost its Touch to Strategic Thinking in Geopolitics

“The Commission would like to be taking the lead on defense policy, but defense remains the domain of Member States”. Thomas Gomart is one of the most influential experts on foreign relations and geopolitics at the EU level: he has been director of t...

Why we Should Soften the Unanimity Rule in the European Council: an Interview with Herman van Rompuy

The first elected president of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy, discusses how to fix the decision-making process at the EU level

Bank profitability: a Mirror of the Past, Creating a Vision for the Future

On 16 October 2024, Claudia Buch delivered a lecture titled Bank Profitability: A Mirror of the Past, Creating a Vision for the Future at Bocconi University. The event was co-organized by the Baffi Center on Economics, Finance, and Regulation and the...

Buti Marco

Marco Buti

Since April 2023, Marco Buti holds the Tommaso Padoa Schioppa chair at the Robert Schuman Centre. Before joining the EUI, Buti was Chief of Staff of the Commissioner for the economy, Paolo Gentiloni. Between 2008 and 2019, he was Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the European Commission. Moreover, he has been the Commission Finance Deputy at G7 and G20.

A graduate of the universities of Florence and Oxford, he has published several books over the last two decades as well as many scholarly articles and policy papers on Economic and Monetary Union, the political economy of European integration, fiscal policies and policy mix, unemployment and welfare state reforms, the EU budget, and global economic governance.

In October 2021, he published the book 'The Man Inside – A European Journey through Two Crises', which revisits the European economic policy design and implementation over the past decade. In April 2023, he published the book 'Jean Monnet aveva ragione? - Costruire l’Europa in tempi di crisi'. In addition, he has recently piloted a research strand on European public goods.

A regular contributor to the daily 'Il Sole 24 ore', he is also a Senior Fellow at Bruegel and a member of the CEPR Research Policy Network.

Nicolò Gatti

Postdoc Researcher, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan

Onorato Massimiliano Gaetano

Massimiliano Gaetano Onorato

Massimiliano G. Onorato is an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Bologna. After completing his Ph.D. in Economics at Bocconi University, he was a Post-Doctoral Associate at the Leitner Program in International and Comparative Political Economy at Yale University. His research interests include political economics, economic history, and economic development.

Policy Brief n.29 - Why do EU Countries Resist Sharing Sovereignty?

The costs and benefits of sharing national sovereignty are different across EU countries. In our framework, costs mainly depend on the relative strengths of each national state and intermediate institutions.

Faucher Léna

Léna Faucher

Léna Faucher is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Economic Policy in a dual-degree program between Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). With a background in economics and politics, her work primarily focuses on analyzing the implications of environmental policies on the macroeconomic landscape. She has notably published papers on the the role of the European Central Bank is stirring EU environmental protection strategy. Since January, she has been working as a consultant with the World Bank's C3A program, where she contributes to analyzing biodiversity and conservation policies in Europe.