Alberto Alemanno is an academic, author and one of the leading voices on the democratisation of the EU. He is Democracy Fellow at Harvard University, Jean Monnet Professor at HEC Paris and founder of The Good Lobby.RSS Feed
Europe rolls out the red carpet for AI data centres, as water‑and‑energy backlash spreadsIn the US, the backlash against AI data centres is bipartisan, organised and growing. But not in Europe, where government are bending over backwards to attract them, writes Albert Alemanno.
Brussels has no plan beyond Orbán losing — but Tusk’s Poland shows problems of ‘re-democratisation’Whatever happens on 12 April, the EU will emerge after the Hungarian elections without a suitable plan for the country and its future relations with the Union. Its entire Hungary strategy amounts to a single wager: that Orbán loses, writes Alberto Alemanno.
Europe’s democratic winter — How EU leaders impose deregulation, bypassing citizens and MEPsAt their ‘leaders’ retreat’, we are seeing the curtailing of EU democracy in the name of saving Europe’s economy. They should be unleashing citizens’ demand for a stronger, independent Europe.
The Dogeization of Europe: the plan to ‘rollback’ the EU’s own institutionsWhat distinguishes the current review is its conceptual ambition — floating the idea of ending lifelong civil-service status for new hires, a move that, if extended to the whole institution, would signal a shift from a permanent, independent bureaucracy to a flexible, temporary workforce aligned with shifting political priorities, warns Alberto Alemanno.
