Gabriele Rosana

Gabriele Rosana is a Brussels-based freelance journalist covering EU affairs and world news, and a regular contributor to "Il Messaggero" and "D - La Repubblica". He is an associate fellow at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and a former editor of AffarInternazionali, IAI's web-magazine. He holds a Master in EU Law from the College of Europe and has worked as an adviser in the European Parliament.

L’asse Merkel-von der Leyen per il bilancio dell’Unione

La sua candidatura alla guida della Commissione europea era nata fuori dall’emiciclo di Strasburgo, paracadutata un po’ a sorpresa dal parallelo summit dei capi di Stato e di governo, a fine giugno 2019. Ora, al netto di qualche fatica…

A bazooka of words

“We are at war,” President Emmanuel Macron stressed six times as France slipped into lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus. “We are at war (…), fighting an invisible enemy,” US President Donald Trump echoed from the other shore of…

The imperative of global competitiveness and the EU’s internal market

The future of Europe runs on rails. Or at least it seems so these days. The EU Green Deal and the ambition of a zero-emissions economy echo ideas of efficient night train services and high-speed rails being upgraded, partly as a result of…

The new team of hopeful Commissioners

The atmosphere surrounding the public unveiling of the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen was not too different from that of the launch of a new iPhone: there were interactive presentations on the screen, some well-kept secrets…

The emerging EU leadership at a glance

"United in diversity" could have not been a better motto for the European Union these days. From Polish conservatives to Italy’s Five Star Movement and even Scottish nationalists, many different caucuses of the European Parliament have…

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