Overview

• Marco Travaglio argued that the EU has fragmented into ad-hoc groupings that exclude many member states and lacks a coherent identity
• Corrado Augias proposed a two-speed EU structure to break unanimity deadlock by letting a core group of countries advance reforms independently
• Critics highlighted that the requirement for 27-state unanimity has stalled key policy decisions and prompted calls for majority-voting mechanisms
• Observers accused President Ursula von der Leyen of sidelining the European Parliament when she approved an €800 billion rearmament package without formal debate
• Analysts noted that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has aligned closely with US interests, consistently backing EU initiatives despite her party’s Eurosceptic roots