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Romano, Andrea
3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Walter Veltroni, a political model?
"Walter Veltroni, the leader of the new left-wing party in Italy [PD, democratic party], is being given an enthusiastic welcome by both his friends and his foes", notes the editorialist Andrea Romano. Veltromania is at last a solution to the fatal crisis of Italian political parties. ... Unlike in Italy, parties created during the 20th century in the rest of the world or at least in Europe, have managed to function. In the UK and in France, Germany and Spain, big organisations, both progressive and conservative, have managed to impose their leadership and adopt innovative political programmes through traditional, though vital mechanisms: the confrontation of ideas, militant participation, personal selection and the evacuation of losers. These mechanisms were wiped out in Italy in the early 1990s and were never been revived."
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Europe lacks coherence facing Russia
"Putin is leaving Europe speechless", complains the journalist Andrea Romano, criticising the disunity displayed by Europeans regarding Russia. "The authoritarian style that Vladimir Putin has given to Russian power is once again showing up the great weakness of Europe. This time, however, we are not caught up in the usual lack of a common foreign policy and the habitual lamenting of a European headlong rush forwards. This is a far graver weakness because it comes from the failure of different EU policies that have been applied towards Russia these past ten years. ... If Europe doesn't manage to make itself heard in Russia, Putin's Russia will continue to play a perturbing role in our zone. We would do well to remember this the next time we ostentatiously celebrate the anniversary of the Union."
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Will the Berlin Declaration take the EU to 2009?
The editorialist Andrea Romano deplores certain passages of the Berlin declaration, notably the part that says, "The European model combines economic success with social solidarity". "These banalities don't even feature in manifestoes of well-to-do associations. They can only serve to once again gloat over having been born in this blessed part of the globe ... . Europe has chosen the comfort of rhetoric, running the risk that the European Union might, like the Amish, close in upon itself, blissfully contemplating its luck and benefiting from its security while the motor of the community shows more and more signs of fatigue. And yet the world all around us is in need of more leadership and commitment from Europe".
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