Fabrizio Tassinari
@fabriziotassinari.bsky.social
Executive Director EUI.eu/STG. Boards: EMIFund.eu and IAI.it. Latest book: “Pursuit of Governance” https://bit.ly/3V3pv2V. Views my own.
Pinned
Wonderful gift from @lemonde.fr
for such thoughtful profile of our Florence School of Transnational Governance @eui-stg.bsky.social
for such thoughtful profile of our Florence School of Transnational Governance @eui-stg.bsky.social
Remigration is word of the year, says @stephenkb.bsky.social in the FT. If you want to see the shape of things to come, check out our @noemamag.com
longread on Denmark, where remigration is now in the political mainstream.
www.noemamag.com/inside-denma...
longread on Denmark, where remigration is now in the political mainstream.
www.noemamag.com/inside-denma...
December 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Remigration is word of the year, says @stephenkb.bsky.social in the FT. If you want to see the shape of things to come, check out our @noemamag.com
longread on Denmark, where remigration is now in the political mainstream.
www.noemamag.com/inside-denma...
longread on Denmark, where remigration is now in the political mainstream.
www.noemamag.com/inside-denma...
Il compromesso raggiunto a Bruxelles per sostenere l’Ucraina senza toccare gli asset russi conferma che l’Europa è ancora quella che Ivan Krastev e Mark Leonard anni fa chiamarono la potenza erbivora.
Mio editoriale su Il Riformista.
www.ilriformista.it/leuropa-che-...
Mio editoriale su Il Riformista.
www.ilriformista.it/leuropa-che-...
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Il compromesso raggiunto a Bruxelles per sostenere l’Ucraina senza toccare gli asset russi conferma che l’Europa è ancora quella che Ivan Krastev e Mark Leonard anni fa chiamarono la potenza erbivora.
Mio editoriale su Il Riformista.
www.ilriformista.it/leuropa-che-...
Mio editoriale su Il Riformista.
www.ilriformista.it/leuropa-che-...
Reposted by Fabrizio Tassinari
This is an excellent article by Helle Malmvig and @fabriziotassinari.bsky.social on the "Danish model" on immigration, with clear and detailed explanation of how being tough on newcomers has become a cornerstone of political consensus.
www.noemamag.com/inside-denma...
www.noemamag.com/inside-denma...
Inside Denmark’s Hardline Immigration Experiment | NOEMA
Once a beacon of progressivism, the Scandinavian nation has normalized the worldview of the far right.
www.noemamag.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This is an excellent article by Helle Malmvig and @fabriziotassinari.bsky.social on the "Danish model" on immigration, with clear and detailed explanation of how being tough on newcomers has become a cornerstone of political consensus.
www.noemamag.com/inside-denma...
www.noemamag.com/inside-denma...
Finishing a marathon in front of the Florence cathedral must be the true last remnant of humanism.
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Finishing a marathon in front of the Florence cathedral must be the true last remnant of humanism.
Reposted by Fabrizio Tassinari
“The Danish case is less a model than a warning about what happens to democratic politics when politicians from the center & center-left move to the right to regain or retain power, rather than deliberating, informing & modeling responsibility & respect.”
—Helle Malmvig & Fabrizio Tassinari
—Helle Malmvig & Fabrizio Tassinari
Inside Denmark’s Hardline Immigration Experiment | NOEMA
Once a beacon of progressivism, the Scandinavian nation has normalized the worldview of the far right.
www.noemamag.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“The Danish case is less a model than a warning about what happens to democratic politics when politicians from the center & center-left move to the right to regain or retain power, rather than deliberating, informing & modeling responsibility & respect.”
—Helle Malmvig & Fabrizio Tassinari
—Helle Malmvig & Fabrizio Tassinari
What happens to a progressive social democracy when it normalises the worldview of the far right?
My latest longform journalism piece, co-authored with Helle Malmvig, in Noema magazine.
My latest longform journalism piece, co-authored with Helle Malmvig, in Noema magazine.
“The Danish case is less a model than a warning about what happens to democratic politics when politicians from the center & center-left move to the right to regain or retain power, rather than deliberating, informing & modeling responsibility & respect.”
—Helle Malmvig & Fabrizio Tassinari
—Helle Malmvig & Fabrizio Tassinari
Inside Denmark’s Hardline Immigration Experiment | NOEMA
Once a beacon of progressivism, the Scandinavian nation has normalized the worldview of the far right.
www.noemamag.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What happens to a progressive social democracy when it normalises the worldview of the far right?
My latest longform journalism piece, co-authored with Helle Malmvig, in Noema magazine.
My latest longform journalism piece, co-authored with Helle Malmvig, in Noema magazine.
I knew that the FT comments section would provide the most plausible explanation to the 28 point plan for Ukraine
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I knew that the FT comments section would provide the most plausible explanation to the 28 point plan for Ukraine
50 years ago today died Pier Paolo Pasolini, hands down Italy’s greatest modern public intellectual. RIP.
November 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
50 years ago today died Pier Paolo Pasolini, hands down Italy’s greatest modern public intellectual. RIP.
The latest fallout of the “negotiations” with Russia should show European leaders that their adulation of Trump’s foreign policy is not delivering.
My latest in Il Riformista this morning.
My latest in Il Riformista this morning.
October 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The latest fallout of the “negotiations” with Russia should show European leaders that their adulation of Trump’s foreign policy is not delivering.
My latest in Il Riformista this morning.
My latest in Il Riformista this morning.
An informal European council takes place tomorrow in Copenhagen, while Denmark is under an unusual amount of pressure from the west (Trump, Greenland) and from the east (drones). Why?
My column in Il riformista this morning.
My column in Il riformista this morning.
September 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
An informal European council takes place tomorrow in Copenhagen, while Denmark is under an unusual amount of pressure from the west (Trump, Greenland) and from the east (drones). Why?
My column in Il riformista this morning.
My column in Il riformista this morning.
The great @nilsgilman.bsky.social of the equally great @berggruen.org published an insightful comment to the Le Monde profile, outlining the broader intellectual implications of what we are doing in Florence. Well worth a read:
open.substack.com/pub/nilsgilm...
open.substack.com/pub/nilsgilm...
September 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The great @nilsgilman.bsky.social of the equally great @berggruen.org published an insightful comment to the Le Monde profile, outlining the broader intellectual implications of what we are doing in Florence. Well worth a read:
open.substack.com/pub/nilsgilm...
open.substack.com/pub/nilsgilm...
Wonderful gift from @lemonde.fr
for such thoughtful profile of our Florence School of Transnational Governance @eui-stg.bsky.social
for such thoughtful profile of our Florence School of Transnational Governance @eui-stg.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Wonderful gift from @lemonde.fr
for such thoughtful profile of our Florence School of Transnational Governance @eui-stg.bsky.social
for such thoughtful profile of our Florence School of Transnational Governance @eui-stg.bsky.social
Always a special feeling to co-author with a philosopher. Over at @projectsyndicate.bsky.social I partner with the great @daniel-innerarity.bsky.social on digital technocracy and future-less autocracies.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
September 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Always a special feeling to co-author with a philosopher. Over at @projectsyndicate.bsky.social I partner with the great @daniel-innerarity.bsky.social on digital technocracy and future-less autocracies.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Albania has appointed an AI bot as minister, showing how digital technocracy is hollowing out democracy. My editorial with the great @daniel-innerarity.bsky.social. For Il Riformista this morning.
September 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Albania has appointed an AI bot as minister, showing how digital technocracy is hollowing out democracy. My editorial with the great @daniel-innerarity.bsky.social. For Il Riformista this morning.
Sunset jog after the storm in Florence. Beat that.
September 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Sunset jog after the storm in Florence. Beat that.
Last weekend, the Wizard of the Kremlin premiered at the Venice film festival with young Putin played by Jude Law.
I loved the novel but I wonder why we are so captivated by brutal figures and I worry that works like the Wizard help cultivate their myth.
My column in Il Riformista
I loved the novel but I wonder why we are so captivated by brutal figures and I worry that works like the Wizard help cultivate their myth.
My column in Il Riformista
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Last weekend, the Wizard of the Kremlin premiered at the Venice film festival with young Putin played by Jude Law.
I loved the novel but I wonder why we are so captivated by brutal figures and I worry that works like the Wizard help cultivate their myth.
My column in Il Riformista
I loved the novel but I wonder why we are so captivated by brutal figures and I worry that works like the Wizard help cultivate their myth.
My column in Il Riformista
It was bound to happen sooner or later… my interview on Alexander Stubb’s worldview, diplomacy and on our friendship. In Il Riformista this morning.
www.ilriformista.it/la-sorpresa-...
www.ilriformista.it/la-sorpresa-...
August 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It was bound to happen sooner or later… my interview on Alexander Stubb’s worldview, diplomacy and on our friendship. In Il Riformista this morning.
www.ilriformista.it/la-sorpresa-...
www.ilriformista.it/la-sorpresa-...
Reposted by Fabrizio Tassinari
Love this article...
Europe without a contrast is disparate, a family constantly at each other’s throats, but with Trump to reflect on, it realizes what bonds it and even in the aftermath of Putin’s best laid Brexit, even the UK speaks as one with its brothers and sisters.
Europe without a contrast is disparate, a family constantly at each other’s throats, but with Trump to reflect on, it realizes what bonds it and even in the aftermath of Putin’s best laid Brexit, even the UK speaks as one with its brothers and sisters.
Donald Trump is becoming the greatest unifier of Europe since the end of the cold war | Fabrizio Tassinari
Donald Trump is becoming the greatest unifier of Europe since the end of the cold war | Fabrizio Tassinari
The US president may be helping Putin to destroy the west, but his vanity is causing Europeans to speak with one voice in defence of Ukraine, says Fabrizio Tassinari of the European University Institute in Florence
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Love this article...
Europe without a contrast is disparate, a family constantly at each other’s throats, but with Trump to reflect on, it realizes what bonds it and even in the aftermath of Putin’s best laid Brexit, even the UK speaks as one with its brothers and sisters.
Europe without a contrast is disparate, a family constantly at each other’s throats, but with Trump to reflect on, it realizes what bonds it and even in the aftermath of Putin’s best laid Brexit, even the UK speaks as one with its brothers and sisters.
Irrespective of its outcome, the Washington summit showed that Europe still needs the “Other” to shape its identity. My (debut) take in The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Donald Trump is becoming the greatest unifier of Europe since the end of the cold war | Fabrizio Tassinari
The US president may be helping Putin to destroy the west, but his vanity is causing Europeans to speak with one voice in defence of Ukraine, says Fabrizio Tassinari of the European University Institu...
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Irrespective of its outcome, the Washington summit showed that Europe still needs the “Other” to shape its identity. My (debut) take in The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Fabrizio Tassinari
Donald Trump is becoming the greatest unifier of Europe since the end of the cold war | Fabrizio Tassinari
Donald Trump is becoming the greatest unifier of Europe since the end of the cold war | Fabrizio Tassinari
The US president may be helping Putin to destroy the west, but his vanity is causing Europeans to speak with one voice in defence of Ukraine, says Fabrizio Tassinari of the European University Institute in Florence
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Donald Trump is becoming the greatest unifier of Europe since the end of the cold war | Fabrizio Tassinari
Reposted by Fabrizio Tassinari
Good to see a piece about the EUI in The Economist. But this is a hatched job, with little resemblance to reality. Charlemagne is usually excellent, so this is odd. Can only think that @spignal.bsky.social talked to people who don't really know what's going on.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Europe’s Hogwarts has a new Dumbledore
Patrizia Nanz is trying to make the European University Institute relevant
www.economist.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Good to see a piece about the EUI in The Economist. But this is a hatched job, with little resemblance to reality. Charlemagne is usually excellent, so this is odd. Can only think that @spignal.bsky.social talked to people who don't really know what's going on.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Reposted by Fabrizio Tassinari
EU top court toughens migration rules on ‘safe countries’ https://on.ft.com/44XJvw7
EU top court toughens migration rules on ‘safe countries’
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni must justify why nations are deemed safe and allow legal challenges to that decision, says ECJ
on.ft.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
EU top court toughens migration rules on ‘safe countries’ https://on.ft.com/44XJvw7
Shopping when in Rome…
July 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Shopping when in Rome…
Italy just cancelled a concert by conductor and Putin ally Valery Gergiev. Yet last year alone, it issued over 150.000 visas to Russian tourists.
This morning for Il Riformista on the paradox of Italy’s attitudes toward Russia.
This morning for Il Riformista on the paradox of Italy’s attitudes toward Russia.
July 23, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Italy just cancelled a concert by conductor and Putin ally Valery Gergiev. Yet last year alone, it issued over 150.000 visas to Russian tourists.
This morning for Il Riformista on the paradox of Italy’s attitudes toward Russia.
This morning for Il Riformista on the paradox of Italy’s attitudes toward Russia.
I am neither a literary critic nor a fortune teller, but a couple of months ago I reviewed for my newspaper the novel that yesterday won Italy’s most important literary award, the Strega prize. Well worth reading (the novel).
www.ilriformista.it/andrea-bajan...
www.ilriformista.it/andrea-bajan...
Andrea Bajani in corsa per il Premio Strega con "L'anniversario": se ogni famiglia è felice a modo suo
La recensione de L’Anniversario, il breve racconto di Andrea Bajani candidato al Premio Strega. Ogni famiglia oggi è felice a modo suo
www.ilriformista.it
July 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I am neither a literary critic nor a fortune teller, but a couple of months ago I reviewed for my newspaper the novel that yesterday won Italy’s most important literary award, the Strega prize. Well worth reading (the novel).
www.ilriformista.it/andrea-bajan...
www.ilriformista.it/andrea-bajan...