Former California governor, Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, attacks Trump and announces his support for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. But Biden's words quickly follow, uttering a phrase that could backfire on the Dems, as was…
Guido Bolaffi, a former trade unionist, public manager and above all a passionate reformist who knew how to put coherence before his own personal interests, has suddenly passed away. FIRSTonline's condolences to the family
Generali, through The Human Safety Net Foundation, launches an initiative to train 300 refugees and migrants as social and health workers in Italy, with a focus on Lombardy, Lazio and Emilia Romagna. An inclusive model to address demographic challenges and create opportunities…
New episode of Lavoro&Pensioni - politically (in)correct, Giuliano Cazzola's weekly column: in the face of belated intentions to reactivate the birth rate chain and in the face of policies that over the years have sacrificed the resources necessary to… on the altar of pensions…
Fourth and final note from the North East Foundation on the effects of demographic ice age on the economy and labor market of the regions of Northern Italy
The Emilian entrepreneur, former president of Federmeccanica, speaks: in Taranto the hope is that "the government will find a group of entrepreneurs, possibly Italian, willing to revive the fortunes of the company". Political stability of the government: "The prime minister? Let her work so we can then evaluate her." Confindustria? "Will know…
Agreement reached to address the issue of mass immigration. Reception measures are tighter. But now you will be able to pay for not accepting migrants: 30.000 annual relocations per country or 20 thousand euros per rejected migrant. Hungarian opposition. NGOs disappointed.…
"I Captain", Matteo Garrone's latest film nominated for an Oscar, is not only a masterpiece of cinematographic technique but the expression of a message of hope even in the face of a sobering drama such as that of immigration
There are almost six million Italians living abroad and almost half are women. Mattarella: "Working abroad, for our young people, is an opportunity and must be a free choice, not a de facto obligation"
Italy will build two structures in Albania at its own expense to set up centers for the management of illegal arrivals which, when fully operational, will be able to accommodate 39 thousand migrants a year
Heidrun Friese's latest book, published by goWare, delves into a central theme of our times. Lampedusa is the center of the narrative to tell the figure of the migrant: enemy, victim, hero. We publish a chapter of it
Germany has signed a model agreement with Kenya to welcome 250 Kenyans, train them and employ them in companies experiencing a manpower crisis. This means completely overturning the logic that underlies the issue of immigration: guiding it, not being overwhelmed by it.…
While the Lampedusa situation is increasingly critical, the center-right government is divided on how to proceed. Meloni seeks Von der Leyen's support. Salvini in Pontida with Le Pen thundering against Europe. Tajani tries the moderate line…
Giorgia Meloni's recipe would seem very simple: to encourage female employment and the birth rate, so as not to increase immigration. But is it really possible? The CPI Observatory on public accounts has done the math. Here is the result
Rejections, asylum, migrants: an agreement has been found between the EU countries. Italy votes in favour, only Poland and Hungary against. Here's what changes now
For Italy, the challenge is formidable but it can still be remedied to reverse the "bitter trends" in demographics. Otherwise, the decline will be irreversible and will put the country's social sustainability at risk. The Bank of Italy and Istat workshop on the demographic dividend
According to the latest Unioncamere-Anpal report, it is tourism, construction and logistics that drive hiring.
The new mission in North Africa has the aim of advancing the project of transforming Italy into an energy hub of Europe but also to put another piece of that new "Mattei Plan" for Africa, which strengthens the development of…
On migrants Italy and France at loggerheads. "Serious crisis" says Emmanuel Macron who accuses Meloni, closes the border and suspends the agreement on the distribution of entrances. Here's what happened
Demographer Livi Bacci of the Accademia dei Lincei explains that the naval blockade "is an act of war", that mass rejections "are illegal" and that, in reality, immigration "we have a great need"
Among the rebel countries there is also Poland, which yesterday had already torn with the EU by claiming the precedence of its laws over European treaties
The Premier assures that "the reallocation mechanisms are also being discussed" - Libya "we support the Berlin process" - The Chancellor: "Cooperation with Turkey is necessary" - Draghi has asked to move the…
INTERVIEW WITH MASSIMO LIVI BACCI, professor of Demography at the University of Florence - Births, at their lowest in 2020, "will drop again in 2021" - How much does the Covid effect weigh - If we don't intervene on the demographic crisis, the public accounts in 30 years …
A book in which the author, Daniele Lombardi, tells a little known piece of Italian history through the direct testimonies of the Italians who, driven out of Libya, ended up in refugee camps in Italy, treated as foreigners in their own country.
We publish the first pages of Heidrun Freise's book "Limits of hospitality. Lampedusa refugees and the European question" published by GoWare - Immigration, even if landings in Italy have decreased, remains a serious unsolved problem for Europe And…
It was time for the Conte 2 Government to correct the Salvini decrees on security on the basis of values typical of the reformist left but it is also good to shed light on asylum requests by dismantling the sovereign propaganda: of all those received by the European Union…
Surprise in Switzerland, where the centrist party had proposed a crackdown on the free movement of people: citizens have not succumbed to the rhetoric of invasion and the risk of unemployment. And the data proves them right.
A referendum will be held in the Swiss country on 27 September to reduce the movement of foreign workers, including EU workers. They are accused of penalizing the wages of the Swiss, but a study shows that the opposite is true.
The 2020 Africa Day against the pandemic promoted today by the Farnesina bears witness to the growing importance that the African continent has for the Italian system but also reveals the absence of our clear strategy that does not stop at the coasts of…
The decree to relaunch the economy also includes rules of civility, to secure tens of thousands of workers (including Italians) in the fields and in homes for the elderly (domestic helpers and carers) - Minister Bellanova's emotion after…
The German Greens celebrate their XNUMXth birthday after having obtained the maximum electoral support since their birth. Now they are the second largest party in Germany and it is not excluded that in the future they could win the leadership of the government.
29 years have passed since the day Italy signed the Schengen Convention, the treaty that defines the conditions for applying the Agreement on free movement in Europe
According to the research "Italy and its reputation: the university", presented by Intesa Sanpaolo and carried out by the Federico II University of Naples, the level of Italian universities is not so low: 40% are among the best 1.000 in the world (out of 20.000…
Italy, France, Germany, Malta and Finland will present a joint document at the Luxembourg summit on 8 October - Lamorgese: "Positive climate, Italy is no longer alone"
According to the director of West Immigration, Guido Bolaffi, it is not appropriate to completely revolutionize migration policy while it is urgent that the new government address the most urgent issues
The migratory phenomenon generates fears and anxieties but politicians face it either by denying its importance or by using it for electoral purposes. The new book by Bolaffi and Terranova debunks false myths and contradictions. And it makes suggestions for more effective policies
According to the judge, the commander "acted in the fulfillment of a duty", that is, to save human lives - Salvini is preparing a measure to expel her from Italy, but for the moment it cannot be carried out
Who are really the enemies of our security in Italy and in Europe? The answer is not obvious as emerges from the new book "Morbid symptoms - Our history of yesterday and the signs of today's crisis" by the historian…
Matteo Ramenghi, head of asset management at UBS comments on the bank's Annual Forum. The theme of political risk and the polarization of society was explored. Anti-immigration policies, US tariffs, Brexit and populism cross the two sides of the Atlantic. But the…
Just as tension on migrants is growing in Italy and in the Western world, the great American billionaire and philanthropist raises the alarm from the columns of the Wall Street Journal: "Philanthropy is the best investment" but governments must do their…
New stop for basic income - The decree, expected today in the Council of Ministers, has been postponed to next week - The League is stubborn on disability pensions: "We will not vote for it", but the measure risks ending…
The picture emerges from the 52nd Censis Report of a country increasingly enraged by the economic crisis, which has no confidence in the future and which sees the phenomenon of immigration with increasing concern - Wages and spending on education still…
Portopalo di Capo Passero is the southern part of the northern part of the world, a beautiful place and the extreme point of a Sicily which has built its identity on its beauty and contradictions and which - between fabulous holidays…
Salvini dominates the government's anti-immigration policy, but on the economy and social policies the Five Stars are leading the dance and the results can be seen: from the labor decree to Ilva and Alitalia, from the Tav to the Cdp up to the ventilated …
The German government-saving agreement produces the first consequences. Austra threatens to close the border, Italy reacts. Three-way meeting between the governments of Germany, Austria and Italy.
The week opens with fibrillation in the Merkel government due to the tug of war over migrants and the war on tariffs between the US and the rest of the world. The strong signal from Mexico with the election of Manuel Obrador,…
The Italian premier ups the ante: "No to downward compromises". And in the evening he blocks the vote on the first part of the document: "No vote unless there is also the issue of migrants". Merkel proposes: "Without an agreement at 28, go on…
The American president welcomes with a "Wow" the decision of the Supreme Court which clears the provision on the veto on entry into the USA for some countries deemed dangerous. But the judges were split in half. From California reunification order for…
In a phone call to the Prime Minister, the German chancellor speaks of misunderstanding and reassures that the now famous draft will not be at the table at Sunday's summit on immigration - Conte: "At the center of the discussion will be the proposal…
The minister in the Senate asks for an apology from France: "Without an apology Conte won't go to Paris" - The Farnesina summons the ambassador: "Relations are thus at risk" - Tria cancels the meeting with Le Maire and Conte freezes the visit to Macron …
The two leaders met yesterday in Paris, above all to discuss new immigration policies - Solidarity with Theresa May over the Skipral case: "We condemn Russian interference".
Repatriations, closure of borders, relocation: even on immigration the electoral campaign has become a festival of demagoguery and illusory promises but there are few realistic proposals - Let's X-ray the programs of the political forces
The Dreamers are the 800.000 people who arrived in the United States as children with illegal immigrant parents, to whom the US president would not like to recognize rights: but the court has in fact decided to leave the Obama-era rules in force…
Stop the protection program for 2.500 immigrants from Nicaragua, who will now be repatriated - But above all the fate of 57 immigrants from Honduras and 250 immigrants from Salvador and Haiti hangs in the balance - The president from Korea, on…
Two observations, three considerations and four interventions of merit for a reformist program on immigration in step with Europe: without prejudices and false myths - The numbers overturn unfounded beliefs: the biggest amnesty was made by the centre-right in 2002
This was stated by European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos who underlined how EU policies aimed at improving the management of migrant flows in the central Mediterranean "are starting to bear fruit".
The summit on immigration held in Paris with Macron, Merkel, Gentiloni, Rajoy and the leaders of the three main African countries bordering the Mediterranean (Libya in the lead) substantially approved the Italian line: checks on refugees…
Speaking at the CL Meetind in Rimini, the Governor of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco, argued that "the recovery is there but it is cyclical: reforms and innovation are needed to make it structural" - The Governor also said that immigration …
Deliberate the mission to send support vessels to the Libyan coast guard. Confirmation from Parliament is awaited next Tuesday
Austrian Defense Minister Doskozil is harsh, still no official comment from Rome and Brussels. Austria said it was ready to send 750 soldiers within 72 hours in case of emergency
The Italian government has decided to mandate Ambassador Maurizio Massari, EU representative, to formally ask the Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, the issue of landings in Italy - The Executive plans to close our ports at…
According to the Prime Minister, "the way against radicalization is not the building of walls, but that of dialogue and inclusion" - Even for the Minister of the Interior Minniti "a well integrated country is a safer country"
The analysis of the socio-economic aspects deriving from these phenomena was the focus of the conference Immigration and emigration: the economy of a multifaceted phenomenon, organized by UBI Banca, the Nicola Trussardi Foundation and the Milan Triennale.
An apparently relaxed but essentially cold atmosphere in the meeting, the first, between the German chancellor and the US president. No handshake in the Oval Office. Distant on immigration: "It's not a right - he says - but a privilege. We have to defend ourselves…
The new travel ban blocks entry to the US for 90 days to citizens of six Muslim-majority countries - The order also prevents refugees from entering the United States for 120 days - Compared to the original version, restrictions on…
The government today passed a decree on illegal immigration - The Prime Minister: "Procedures for granting asylum will also be faster" - "The goal is to transform immigration flows into a controlled, regular phenomenon"
The Washington Court of Appeals rejected the appeal filed yesterday by the US Justice Department against the sentence of Judge James Robart, which had temporarily suspended the executive order of last January 27
Justice will take care of stopping Donald Trump. A US judge has stopped, temporarily and on a national basis, the now famous Muslim Ban, with which the president of the United States has introduced restrictions on the entry of citizens from seven…
The Dow Jones opens sharply down as protests grow, inside and outside the United States, over the anti-Muslim ban published by the US president. The judgment of the United Nations is harsh: "Illegal and petty ban". The EU reacts and the…
Today the US president will sign the order for the continuation of the wall on the border with Mexico. News also on visas for entry into the USA. The order for the exit from the Tpp has already been signed
In Italy, Europe appears as the surly controller of the budget that prevents the revival of the economy, as the unjust flogger of the banks and as the miserly dispenser of aid for immigration, while Europe once again sees us as a Country refractory to the discipline of…
From the online magazine Affarinternazionali.it - Populist parties and movements tend to simplify reality by providing unique answers to complex questions, dividing society between honest citizens and corrupt elites and aiming for forms of direct democracy but there is no…
The economist and guru who anticipated the great crisis of 2008 was a guest of the Global Thinking Foundation in Milan. The analysis of possible scenarios in case Trump wins and the impact of a possible Clinton victory amidst populist thrusts…
At the first light of dawn, the first buses arrived in the settlement located in the North of France which, in just seven days, will take the migrants residing in the "Jungle" to 11 reception centers - This is a number between…
INTERVIEW WITH STEFANO MICOSSI, general manager of Assonime and economist - "The language used by our Prime Minister Renzi after the Bratislava summit was rather aggressive but his words were not followed by facts which lead us to believe that it has been decided…
INTERVIEW OF THE WEEKEND - Riccardo Illy, entrepreneur and former governor of Friuli Venezia Giulia, speaks from Cernobbio: "The constitutional reform is imperfect but the best is the enemy of the good and with the Italicum it represents the right mix between representativeness and governability"…
The two governments would have agreed on urgent measures aimed at managing the migratory phenomenon - The initiatives will be implemented through the establishment of an Interministerial Commission and a joint Operations Room, aimed at effectively controlling and reducing the phenomenon.
From Ventotene, an island symbol of Europeanism, the three European leaders recall Altiero Spinelli and talk about the next steps of the EU in view of the Bratislava Summit - Renzi: "Many thought that after Brexit, Europe was over. This is not the case. We…
Between migrants and accusations of Islam, intolerance is growing everywhere in Europe and Italy is no exception. The "Map of Intolerance" developed by Vox with Universities strives to understand and has traced over two million tweets against women,…
According to calculations by the IOM observatory, in the first half of the current year, while desperately trying to reach Europe, 2.920 migrants died, over a thousand more than in the same period of 2015, when they had been in 1.838.
As at 31 December 2015, 60.665.551 people resided in Italy, of which more than 5 million foreign citizens (8,3%) - The drop is the largest in 90 years (-130 units) and comes despite the positive balance of the immigration: the birth/death ratio…
An initiative promoted by the European Movement - Italy called "Processo all'Europa" was held in Rome in which a "trial" was staged on the basis of a series of indictments prepared by the students of the Tacitus high school …
The Business Register of the Chambers of Commerce noted the opening of almost 23 more companies in 2015 alone (+6,8%). Morocco, China and Albania are the leading nations among entrepreneurs with foreign passports. One out of three is an artisan, the…
"The points of view of the Italian government and the EU commission are not that far off" said the president of the EU Commission after the meeting with Premier Renzi - After weeks of controversy the two leaders are trying to lower the…
The economist, president of the Tor Vergata Foundation, suggests some strategic lines to avoid the risk of deterioration of European action - "As regards immigration, we need an agreement for the control of common borders which also involves a tax agreement on the costs to be incurred" - "Floor…
Cir (Italian Refugee Center) study on alternative options to crossing the Mediterranean presented to Sioi - All eyes on Schengen and Dublin in view of the extraordinary European Council in the next few weeks - Frattini: "Most countries…
Around the table the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and Italy - Three issues on the table: immigration, economic crisis and terrorism - In the background the project of a two-speed Europe.
One-off expenses are not counted by the European Commission like permanent ones: this is the bone of contention between Renzi and Brussels on immigration expenses that makes a solution like that difficult, politically flawless but questionable in terms of…
The Italian reserve falls and all 28 EU countries have signed the loan in Ankara. "This support - reads the EU statement - mainly aims to intervene on the most immediate needs of food, health services and education" - In…
Thaw in view of the case of the contribution to Turkey: the president of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker thanked the Member States "for their solidarity, especially Italy" - Renzi from Senegal: "We will save other lives but we need a new strategy".
The minister denied that France is pushing for a military intervention in Libya: "We are going in the same direction" - As for immigration, "France is not afraid that Italy does not know how to manage the flows"
Immigration, flexibility and banks. These are the fundamental issues that Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and the German chancellor will address during today's meeting in Berlin. The aim is to find a common line at a time when Europe is…
These are people who have been denied refugee status - Meanwhile, the Netherlands has put forward a proposal to repatriate migrants and refugees who arrived by sea on Greek territory to Turkey by train
NEW YEAR'S EVE IN POZZALLO - Europe is asking Italy to speed up the transformation of migrant reception centers into hotspots where they can collect fingerprints and decide who has the right to international protection and who must repatriate, but the case of…
TTIP and globalisation, energy and climate change, conflicts and migrations, the nightmare of terrorism and the search for security: these are the four main challenges facing the European Union in 2016 - Very difficult commitments but which can…
Prime Minister Renzi attacks the German line, without however appointing Chancellor Merkel, on austerity and migrants - The head of government complains about the infringement procedure against Italy on the registration of migrants and the lack of green light…
On banks and immigration, Prime Minister Renzi has a golden opportunity for a virtuous compromise with Chancellor Merkel - Instead of invoking continuous margins of budgetary flexibility, Italy could ask Germany to complete the banking union with the introduction of warranty…
The German Chancellor does not bow to the demands of her party's hawks, who would like a tougher line on refugees, but is open to compromise: "The challenge of the migrant crisis is enormous, and we will significantly reduce the influx of refugees",…
This was stated by the British premier in an interview, reiterating the end-2017 limit to keep the promise of organizing the referendum for the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.
After the massacre in Paris, the debate on immigration risks derailing if you look at it under the lens of terrorism. The two things should not be confused. The data show that immigrants are still few and that the migratory pressure…
