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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10799

6 March 2013
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Controversial Italian election results can hold positive points from the European point of view

Interpretation to correct. The Italian election results roused a mass of comment in Europe and beyond last week. What is interesting to us, are the repercussions on the way the EU works. Emphasis has been laid on the negative consequences - the country is blocked, a coherent parliamentary majority does not exist, a stable government seems impossible, populism (an ambivalent term that means a little what one wants it to) has won the day. The result is that scepticism has swelled with regard...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
ECONOMY - FINANCE
SECTORAL POLICIES
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
EXTERNAL ACTION