Author: Bernardo Monzani

06 Sep

Posted at 16:58h in Europe

06/09/2018 - Bernardo Monzani - Should the pursuit of peace remain at the heart of the EU? The ongoing discussions on the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 (MFF), the EU’s long-term budget, suggest that it may not. The European Commission has recently published its long-awaited proposal for the next MFF: entitled A Modern Budget for...

06 Jun

Posted at 18:00h in Europe, Good Governance

06/06/2018 - Bernardo Monzani - One of the main debates happening now in Brussels is on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the EU’s main tool for managing its finances. The current MFF will last until the end of 2020, but the debate around its successor has already started and the final decision on the new...

01 Feb

Posted at 15:10h in Africa, Good Governance

01/02/2017 - Bernardo Monzani - The news coming out of Libya today is of worsening socio-economic conditions and escalating conflict. The signing of the Skhirat agreement, in December 2015, and the creation of the Government of National Accord (GNA) raised hopes that a political compromise could be reached that would bring the different Libyan factions...

24 Jun

Posted at 16:28h in Africa, Human Rights

24/06/2016 - Bernardo Monzani - Last week, during a conference organized by the Instituto di Affari Internazionali (IAI) on June 14, Paolo Gentiloni, Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke about the stabilisation of Libya. ...