Mattia Fontana

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Italy’s Security draft Bill is a dangerous attack on democratic freedoms

This Article is published in the context of JEF Europe’s [Democracy Under Pressure (DUP) Action Week->https://jef.eu/campaign/democracy-under-pressure Italy’s proposed security bill 1236 is a grave assault on democratic freedoms. It sacrifices fundamental rights under the guise of maintaining (…)

Wednesday 19 March 2025

Global disunity and the AI conundrum: some reflections from the Paris AI Action Summit

The third annual AI Action Summit in Paris highlighted the global tensions surrounding artificial intelligence, emphasizing the urgent need for international cooperation to address regulatory, environmental, and societal challenges: the summit exposed a fracturing consensus on AI governance, (…)

Wednesday 19 February 2025

Selling Out Europe’s Values: Another Useless Migration Model

A dangerous precedent in EU migration policy, one where human rights are sacrificed on the altar of outsourcing asylum responsibilities, was set by Italy’s recent agreement to host some Italian-run asylum centers in Albania. Wrapped in the rhetoric of “deterrence”, this model allegedly allows (…)

Thursday 7 November 2024

A last Chance for Europe: Draghi’s Bold Vision to Avoid European Obsolescence

Mario Draghi’s assessment of the EU’s competitiveness serves as a wake-up call for the EU, exposing a continent on the verge of losing its global importance; the EU is lagging behind the United States and China in critical sectors such as technology, energy, and the military, impeded by (…)

Friday 27 September 2024

From Tweets to Threats: How Musk’s X Fuels Disinformation and Undermines Democracy

Elon Musk’s transformation of Twitter, now rebranded as X, was presented as a move in support of a platform that would be “maximally trusted and broadly inclusive”. In reality, it became an incubator of misinformation, with unpredictable policy changes Musk’s promotion of dubious claims. This (…)

Wednesday 28 August 2024

The EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum: A Breakthrough or a Broken Promise?

The European Union’s newly approved Migration Pact, a landmark legislation designed to address irregular immigration and asylum issues, is a double-edged sword. While it aims to streamline the asylum process and distribute responsibility more equitably among its member states, it also raises (…)

Saturday 3 August 2024

Won’t somebody please think of the children!? The evergreen far-right façade of protecting kids while pardoning paedophiles in Hungary.

Viktor Orbán’s conservative and traditionalist governing party has always distinguished itself at home and in Europe as close to traditional families and contrary to the so-called homosexual propaganda, as it would affect children negatively. The news that the Hungarian Head of state had (…)

Monday 8 July 2024

Only the € from now on: the Kosovar currency policy that nobody likes

The statement that Kosovo will only accept the euro as a legal tender within its borders as of February 1, 2024, has sparked concerns about potential future conflicts with Serbia because Serbs in the country’s north insist on using solely the Serbian dinar. The EU has urged both parties to (…)

Tuesday 27 February 2024

A cry for help from Belgrade: the post-elections protests in Serbia

Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on December 17, 2023 for the renewal of the National Assembly, the country’s parliament; according to the latest official data, the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), led by Aleksandar Vučić, emerged as the winner with 46.7% of the votes. The opposition (…)

Monday 8 January 2024