Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓
@francesconicoli.bsky.social
All things Europe, in all things European.
Neofunctionalist-in-chief, trilemmer, sci-fi & fantasy nerd.
Political economist, associate professor at Politecnico of Turin, former fellow at Bruegel.
" Europe will be made through crises...."
Neofunctionalist-in-chief, trilemmer, sci-fi & fantasy nerd.
Political economist, associate professor at Politecnico of Turin, former fellow at Bruegel.
" Europe will be made through crises...."
Winter is coming and I cooked some of my best stews in years.
October 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Winter is coming and I cooked some of my best stews in years.
@janskudlarek.bsky.social is this true? I assume you can actually sue the hell out of X for defamation. I am certainly going to post the same as soon as I am back in Italy
September 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
@janskudlarek.bsky.social is this true? I assume you can actually sue the hell out of X for defamation. I am certainly going to post the same as soon as I am back in Italy
Quite the guest today giving EPSANET Italy keynote talk on state capacity
September 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Quite the guest today giving EPSANET Italy keynote talk on state capacity
Second perhaps only to La Bufera
September 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Second perhaps only to La Bufera
One of my favourite poems ever, by my favourite poet ever.
September 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
One of my favourite poems ever, by my favourite poet ever.
If you know where this is, you know what Relax feels like.
August 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you know where this is, you know what Relax feels like.
This morning we were having breakfast next to the Lithuanian basketball national team in a nice hotel downtown Kaunas. This evening, we watch them rock on TV!
Mesmerising! And yes, they are TALL
Mesmerising! And yes, they are TALL
August 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This morning we were having breakfast next to the Lithuanian basketball national team in a nice hotel downtown Kaunas. This evening, we watch them rock on TV!
Mesmerising! And yes, they are TALL
Mesmerising! And yes, they are TALL
August 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Baltic coast, Karklė, Lithuania
August 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Baltic coast, Karklė, Lithuania
However @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social the communiqué just released by the Commission is much closer to Trump's, including on SPS.
July 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
However @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social the communiqué just released by the Commission is much closer to Trump's, including on SPS.
When it's hot and you have a long, long corridor, you can always bring a truck-sized ventilator.
#DutchSoluions
#DutchSoluions
July 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
When it's hot and you have a long, long corridor, you can always bring a truck-sized ventilator.
#DutchSoluions
#DutchSoluions
About to start a very interesting international workshop on (civilian) Nuclear Fusion cooperation. Will bring an experimental public policy perspective (yes, the nuclear fusion conjoint!).
Waiting to begin, let's enjoy beautiful Padua's palazzo Bo together!
Waiting to begin, let's enjoy beautiful Padua's palazzo Bo together!
June 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
About to start a very interesting international workshop on (civilian) Nuclear Fusion cooperation. Will bring an experimental public policy perspective (yes, the nuclear fusion conjoint!).
Waiting to begin, let's enjoy beautiful Padua's palazzo Bo together!
Waiting to begin, let's enjoy beautiful Padua's palazzo Bo together!
An Eurofleet won't come cheap- neither financially (we offer some numbers) nor politically, as it requires a genuine step forward in sovereignty pooling.
Given this, even if our @ipsosgroup.bsky.social data show that citizens support joint deterrence, hesitancy by politicians is understandable.
Given this, even if our @ipsosgroup.bsky.social data show that citizens support joint deterrence, hesitancy by politicians is understandable.
June 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
An Eurofleet won't come cheap- neither financially (we offer some numbers) nor politically, as it requires a genuine step forward in sovereignty pooling.
Given this, even if our @ipsosgroup.bsky.social data show that citizens support joint deterrence, hesitancy by politicians is understandable.
Given this, even if our @ipsosgroup.bsky.social data show that citizens support joint deterrence, hesitancy by politicians is understandable.