Search: Italy,Spain (4 materials)

Europe’s Danse Macabre With the Pandemic and the Vaccine Wars Geoeconomics

... of the alleged mismanagement of the pandemic and recession. Currently, it is the former President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, who has been tasked by President Mattarella with forming a new government and solving political crisis in Italy. Andrey Kortunov: How the Pandemic Will Change EU-Russian Relations Another deeply divided EU member state is Spain, where the health minister, Salvador Illa, resigned from his post the same day as Conte - partly out of fear of his fellow citizens, and partly due to personal motives to try his hand as the Socialist party’s candidate in Catalan regional elections ...

05.02.2021

Coronavirus Reveals Cracks in European Unity

... shape of cucumbers and the lamination of light bulbs The European unity and solidarity stand at the precipice now: how can the members trust in each other in times of a greater peril when even during a global epidemic help is forsaken? How to convince Spain to commit to Poland’s protection from Russia, or prevent Italy from deepening its ties with China via the Belt and Road Initiative? The EU appears to be a house divided; the European unity must mean more than just travelling around visa-free. Failing to get their act together, Europeans will fall under approaches ...

26.03.2020

Aircraft Carriers in Europe: From an Expensive Tradition to an Inexpensive Universality

... quite low, and Britain today does not have a single carrier of deck-based aircraft. The UK may return the new ships in full readiness in 6-8 years at the earliest, while France – by the second half of the 2020s. Second, the rear echelon powers (Spain, Italy) are actually catching up, and in some respects even surpassing the leaders, namely, in the number of units of this class, especially with regards to strike aircraft. However, this is more due to the natural course of events than to their active ...

09.09.2013

Separatism in the European Union

Separatists in Europe: Strangers among Friends Separatism is most apparent in certain regions of such European Union members as Great Britain (Scotland, Northern Ireland), Spain (Catalonia, Basque Provinces), Belgium (Flanders), Italy (northern provinces), and France (Corsica). Separatist activity manifests not only within the political sphere, but sometimes (in Northern Ireland, Basque Country and Corsica) it also translates into terrorist attacks. A considerable number of separatists ...

13.03.2013

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