L’Italie et la Convention constitutionnelle : avant, pendant et après
David Hine
Italy’s constitutional preferences at the European Convention were not distinct from those that eventually emerged in the draft document, at least as regards the most important constitutional features. This
despite early suggestions that the Berlusconi government had moved away
from traditional Italian preferences for federal solutions and stronger central
institutions. However, in the aftermath of the Convention, particularly in the
light of domestic coalition tensions and difficult economic and budgetary
problems, it appears that a form of Euroscepticism is reappearing within the
government. Currently this is focused mainly on the role of the European
Commission, but in future it may be expected to spread to other institutional
issues, particularly if European integration were to become, for the first time
in postwar Italy, disputed electoral territory between the parties.
• Les limites de l’engagement pro-européen
• Le gouvernement de centre droit et l’Europe
• La Convention et le projet de traité
• Après la CIG
• Les explications possibles de la position italienne