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Sergio Fabbrini, Simona Piattoni

Italy in the European Union: the Transformation of National Interest in a Compound Polity

The article tries to shed light on the relevance of Italian actors in EU policy-making across a number of diverse policy areas. Two sets of variables – related to the institutional mechanisms and the national political system as well as to the capacity of the actors to promote solutions – are identified as crucial in explaining the success or failure of Italian (governmental and societal) representatives in arriving at a definition (and promotion) of national preferences compatible with those of other member states and allowing for a Union-wide solution. It is being proposed to interpret Italy's role in the EU according to the “neither giant nor pigmy”– paradigm which may be applied to other member states as well.

Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 1610-7780
Volume: 4, 08/2006
Pages: 223 - 241

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