Italy and the European Union

Federiga Bindi provides an in-depth analysis of Italy’s role within the European Union (EU) in this inaugural volume of a book series published jointly by the Brookings Institution Press and the Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione (Italian National School of Public Administration, or SSPA). Italy and the European Union relates in detail the historical, cultural, and sociological factors that have led to Italy’s incomplete 'Europeanisation', or full integration, within the EU. It also brings the reader up-to-date on the steps taken by the country’s leaders to improve Italy’s standing and become a more effective member in the organisation it helped to found.