Stefano Cingolani

MAGAZINE

Camus against the rioters, eternal rebellion and the origins of the ‘French mal’

From the Bastille to the Yellow Vests, France is the historical crucible of European rebellion. But when revolt turns to destruction, it ends up serving the very power it sought to overthrow. Camus’s lesson to the young people in the streets: listen to the reasons behind the discontent without condoning violence

Stefano Cingolani

24 OCT 26

It is difficult to judge what is happening in France. Two centuries have not been enough to understand the ‘Glorious Revolution’ (photo: Getty)

Flat tyres

Figures to help navigate the jungle of freight transport, which is becoming increasingly strategic yet increasingly in crisis

Subsidies to tackle high diesel prices are alleviating the emergency, but they do not solve the problems facing a €60 billion sector. With businesses in decline, reduced profit margins and a shortage of drivers, the road haulage sector needs a structural strategy

Stefano Cingolani

22 OCT 26

arms industry

The war is already underway, but what is the state of European defence?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has merely brought to the fore a conflict that had been simmering for some time. From the exposed air defence front to the Franco-German rivalry and Italy’s new industrial niche. An analysis

Stefano Cingolani

21 OCT 26

THE DEBATE

Eurocrats and politicians offer different recipes for Europe’s growth

The Napolitano Foundation, in collaboration with Luiss, has brought together academics and key figures from Europe’s decades-long journey for two days of debate, opened by President Walter Veltroni. The past and future of the Union are on the agenda.

Stefano Cingolani

14 OCT 26

From Europe to the US to Brazil

All left-wing movements are unhappy. Between re-founding, disarray and clichés

They all look alike, but each has its own way of doing things. Globalisation and identity, work and immigration, AI and the techno-right: the dilemmas facing progressives around the world. A dictionary

Stefano Cingolani

10 OCT 26

A demonstration in Barcelona for the right to housing, organised by the Sindicat de Llogateres (photo: Getty)

Italian virtues

Export growth and more. Andrea Prete, president of Unioncamere, speaks

“We are a small country, but we have become the world’s fourth-largest exporter after China, the United States and Germany, ahead of Japan. It used to be said that we sold abroad by devaluing the lira: today we are doing much better with a strong currency like the euro.” Interview

Stefano Cingolani

9 OCT 26

Unease and old-style Nazism

Two Germanies and a major crisis. A dictionary of mistakes and fears

In Berlin, the red wave has halted the black wave. The ‘Great Centre’ is over, and Merz’s weakness has become a source of stability: no one wants to replace him. The economy, politics, the wounds of an unfinished reunification. The causes are many and intertwined. Words, stories and figures to understand the Zeitgeist of Europe’s most important (and unsettling) country.

Stefano Cingolani

26 SEP 26

Die Linke has triumphed in Berlin with Elif Eralp, the daughter of Turkish political refugees. Zohran Mamdani is her mentor (photo: Getty)

sectors that are too strategic

Less competition, more politics? Golden power: handle with care

The EU’s growing power and the risk of governments becoming overbearing, taking control of the economy. A conference held against the picturesque backdrop of the Brenta peaks

Stefano Cingolani

24 SEP 26

Magazine

The apocalypse of artificial intelligence, perhaps

From nuclear Armageddon to the ‘Medioevo prossimo venturo’ to Covid. We are now caught in the AI trap, and those who unleashed it are beginning to tremble. But between the Cassandras of the twenty-first century and the new Manhattan Projects, there is a third way

Stefano Cingolani

19 SEP 26

A scene from Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr Strangelove or: How I Learnt to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (1964)

independence of judgement

How Warsh demonstrated the Fed’s independence from Trump

The central bank has unanimously decided to raise interest rates for the first time in three years, and this could happen again before 2027. Surprisingly, the stock market appears to be reacting positively

Stefano Cingolani

17 SEP 26

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