AUTHOR'S BIO
Giuliano Amato
Giuliano Amato was Italy's Prime Minister from 1994 to 1996.
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Europe’s Crisis of Leadership
Giuliano Amato, Etienne Davignon, Jean-Luc Dehaene and Wim Kok Series: Europe at Home and Abroad 2008-12-06The global financial crisis has already highlighted both the strengths and the weaknesses of the European Union. To maximize the former and minimize the latter, the December 11-12 European Council should signal clearly the timetable envisaged for re-opening the Lisbon Treaty’s ratification process.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 18377
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Europe by Degrees
Giuliano Amato Series: Europe at Home and Abroad 2008-05-02Just one year ago, few people would have bet that the European Union, still reeling from the trauma of the Constitutional Treaty’s rejection in 2005, would be poised to ratify the new Reform Treaty, adopted in Lisbon last December. The price is a treaty with many shortcomings, but critics should not allow the best to become the enemy of the good.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 29795
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Europe's Constitutional Future
Giuliano Amato Series: The World in Words 2002-11-05Last week, the President of the European Convention, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, submitted a so-called "skeleton" for a future Constitution of Europe. All the ingredients of a constitution - values, principles, the rights of citizens, the competencies of the Union and its constituent institutions, etc - were included. This document arose despite the fact that the Convention's mandate did not empower the delegates to produce a constitution. According to the Nice Declaration, which I drafted as one of the participating prime ministers, we were only to simplify and restructure the EU's basic treaties. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 14123
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Europe and President Bush
Giuliano Amato Series: The World in Words 2001-01-24ROME: What does the future hold for transatlantic relations? That question arises with every new American administration. Because worries about a “widening Atlantic” gap have existed since the early 1970s, it is tempting to proceed as if transatlantic relations will remain on roughly the same wavelength as before. The truth is, however, that the US and the EU are rapidly evolving along their own paths: both sides of the Atlantic thus face the challenge of managing an ever more complex relationship. ... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 15206
