Open AccessSearching for the EU Political Identity: Experience of the Italian Yellow-Green Government (2018-2019)
Author(s) -
Roberta Alonzi,
Алонци Роберта
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vestnik rossijskogo universiteta družby narodov. seriâ politologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-1446
pISSN - 2313-1438
DOI - 10.22363/2313-1438-2020-22-1-92-104
Subject(s) - populism , identity (music) , politics , european union , government (linguistics) , european integration , political economy , political science , league , sociology , law , economics , aesthetics , international trade , linguistics , philosophy , physics , astronomy
The article focuses upon the subject of the EU’s political identity in connection with the experience of the Italian Yellow-Green Government (2018-2019). Taking into account general tendencies and attitudes of previous Italian governments towards the European integration process, the author pays special attention to the “European line” proposed by the coalition between the Five-Star Movement and the League. The author concludes that the supranational political nature and growing complexity of the European Union are not compatible with the one-sided approach to conceptualizing the EU identity. As a result, it is necessary to redefine the components of the EU’s political identity, as well as reconsider certain controversial concepts, such as sovranism and populism.