Giuliano Ferrara

Opinions on Almirante are divided – which is to be expected – but his ambiguous past has led to the current normalisation, in the face of unpalatable far-right ‘red-brown’ factions. Roger Cohen’s dispassionate yet not unfriendly analysis in the NYT

Neither cyber warfare nor an explosive drone attack in Leipzig on a Ukrainian cargo ship, nor the war of aggression against a European democracy, was enough to rouse the European Union and put an end to the endless debates over the ‘Rearm Europe’ programme

One is a talented bungler who has been operating in a shadow as bright as the sun for many years; the other is a reckless and revealing autobiographer, a narcissist of supposed exaggerated virility. Out with that big oaf from Rai

Italy and Spain have common interests in Europe; to scupper the agreement on the Ceuta deal is a bizarre mistake, a propaganda stunt that echoes like a gigantic belch. Meloni cannot simply deny her immigration policy in this way

The immunologist dealt wisely with Covid; for years he was Trump’s carer, the one who limited the damage caused by the hysterical anti-vax campaigns as best he could, as he ought to, and as he knew how. In short, a benefactor of humanity. Long live his smile and his flaws