Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: The paper focuses on the relationships between Italy and the European Union since the general election of 2001, which brought to power the center-right coalition headed by Silvio Berlusconi. A number of disagreements between Italy and its European partners regarding the common judicial and defense policies - accentuated by a number of disagreements within the Italian government itself - have led to a different position from that of the previous center-left governments which had placed Italy among the first group of countries adopting the single currency. However, this new position is not accompanied by a change in public opinion which remains strongly 'pro-European', and it does not seem to indicate a radical change in the Italian attitude, which can count on the great international credibility of the Head of State and his role as guarantor of Italy's European policy.
Source: Pouvoirs
Authors: Béatrice Mabilon-Bonfils, Laurent Saadoun
Language: French
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1963660434