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Alessandro Barbera started his career at the Ap.Biscom agency and has been writing for La Stampa for over twenty years. He covers international affairs, politics, public finance, and global economics. Barbera has collaborated with Aspenia and co-authored La lunga notte dell’euro with Stefano Feltri. A finalist for the Estense Prize, in 2017 he won the State Street Press Award for an investigative report on waste management. He was a writer for In mezz’ora on Rai Tre and is currently working on XXI Secolo on Rai Uno.

Diana Pieper is a journalist and foreign policy editor. She writes for WELT.

Michele Pignatelli is senior editor of the Foreign Affairs desk at Il Sole 24 Ore. Born in Vigevano (Pavia) on March 3, 1970, he holds a degree in Modern Literature. A professional journalist since 1999, after attending the Institute for Journalism Training in Urbino, he first worked for Radio Popolare and later for Radio 24, the radio station of Il Sole 24 Ore. In 2006, he joined the newspaper’s Foreign Affairs desk, specializing mainly in European and EU-related topics, with a particular focus on certain countries and regions: Ireland, the Netherlands and the Nordic countries, the Baltic States, and Austria. Since April 2024, he has been curating the Europa24 newsletter for Il Sole 24 Ore.

Mariangela Pira works as a journalist at Sky TG24 and anchor a daily business programme. Her experience is in financial and economic journalism, she has also been a foreign policy journalist. 

Martin Larch has been with the European Commission since 2000. Currently serving as Head of the Secretariat of the European Fiscal Board, he previously led the unit responsible for Ireland during the country’s financial assistance programme. Earlier in his career at the Commission, he worked as an Adviser in the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA), reporting directly to the Commission President.

His research and publications focus on macro-fiscal issues, with a particular emphasis on fiscal policy-making in the European Union and income distribution. Martin Larch holds a degree and a PhD in economics from Vienna University and completed doctoral and post-doctoral studies at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna and the European Institute at the London School of Economics.

Marcel Magnus has been part of the EGOV unit at the European Parliament since 2014. Prior to this role, he worked in the European Commission's DG Competition (Task Force Financial Crisis) from early 2009 and held various other positions within the Commission starting in 2006. Before joining the European institutions, he gained experience in academic research and held roles in several private companies, culminating in a position as a member of the executive board. Marcel holds a PhD in Economics.