I’ve written a piece about the “enhanced cooperation treaty” — known as the Quirinale Treaty — that Macron and Draghi have signed in Rome today, its secretive nature and why it is likely to entrench Italy’s subsumption into France’s sphere of influence, and further erode what little sovereignty Italy has left. [Update: the draft of …
Why did the left unquestioningly support all Covid measures, despite their disastrous psychological, social, economic and political effects (and dubious health outcomes)? This is the question Toby Green of King’s College London and I try to answer in this article.
Here’s my latest article, about the EU’s return to austerity, and how we are seeing a repeat of the post-2008 approach, with large debt burdens used as an excuse to punish – once again – the poorest and weakest members of society. I also explain how the EU’s pandemic recovery fund is not about welfare …
Thomas Fazi 