Alberto Alemanno
@alemannoEU
Democracy Fellow @Harvard | Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law @HECParis | Founder @TheGoodLobby @EurJRR | #YGL #EYL
Only a citizen-driven EU, accountable to its elected legislature, could possess the capacity and mandate to tackle the bloc’s many current and future challenges, from its security to its expansion to the East, in a geopolitically shuttered world . My latest @ProSyn…
The EU has supinely accepted the trade terms imposed by Trump thus doubling down on its transatlantic dependence, from defense to energy. This is a self-inflicted damage and lost opportunity for the EU to leverage on its unique market power and set a precedent for other world’s…
Together, the EU and the US are a market of 800 million people. And nearly 44 percent of global GDP. It’s the biggest trade deal ever ↓
Saddened by the departure of Professor Christian Joerges, one of the greatest contemporary European legal scholars. Christian mentored dozens of researchers and, as a subtle thinker and interpreter of the transnational transformations of law across the continent and beyond,…
This statement about the French government’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state is curious and disturbing on multiple levels. It embodies what’s wrong with today’s American inability to be on the right side of history
The French government’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state is curious and disturbing on multiple levels. I am certain this will embolden Hamas and make a ceasefire more difficult. In addition, here are some questions that come to mind. Who’s in charge? What are the…
Ursula Von der Leyen to meet Donald Trump after 4pm tomorrow at Turnberry golf resort in Scotland. Last try before August 1 deadline theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
EU’s last transatlantic chance : von der Leyen seeks for Juncker moment in Scotland
Following a good call with @POTUS, we have agreed to meet in Scotland on Sunday to discuss transatlantic trade relations, and how we can keep them strong.
Congratulations @TheGoodLobby for another successful edition of its Summer Academy and all its participants who spent the week in Bilbao discussing the new forms of power and influence across the world
This is the UK Prime Minister from Labour - in 2025
We're taking action to stop migrants working illegally as food delivery drivers.
Spot on! Europeans must get serious about enlargement, but that means rethinking both accession and membership status as argued theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Getting real about EU enlargement means more than a “very concerned” tweet once in a while. European inaction and indifference will only increase the risk of losing the whole region, including Ukraine. landsbergis.com/the-end-of-the…
I wish Ursula von der Leyen had called Viktor Orban and Robert Fico before calling Volodymyr Zelenskyy to express her "strong concerns" and demand "explanations" over a new law that weakens the independence of two of Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies. euronews.com/my-europe/2025……
Protests against Zelenskyy’s law diminishing corruption watchdogs mark the return of politics in Ukraine A healthy development for the country politico.eu/article/ukrain…
How to reconcile EU leaders’ strong condemnation of Israel’s attacks on Gaza civilians with EU inaction? Europeans expect the EU to stop its complicity @kajakallas @vonderleyen @JosepBorrellF
Food reformulation has historically been driven by policy interventions - be they labeling or taxation. This time is a political intervention. That’s novel on.ft.com/4kQXt7y
If emotional volatility is the new normal, political leadership requires emotional leadership - argues Luis Morago from @Avaaz @TheGoodLobby Summer Academy
Europeans who truly believe in a strong and united Europe should expose loudly and clearly how nationalists across the continent are serving a weak and fearful Europe to Trump (as well as to Putin and Xi) on a silver platter-writes @NathalieTocci on.ft.com/4f6PQZM
EU-China Summit? Here’s a brief take from me China was never Europe's strategic priority, but that's changing rapidly as global power dynamics shift and the EU realizes it urgently needs a coherent China strategy. While America reshapes the world order it once built, China is…