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Spain, Italy, Portugal :
The Madrid office seeks to strengthen cooperation and political dialogue between representatives from liberal political parties, scientific institutions and civil society organisations from Spain, Italy, Portugal, Germany and the European sphere. We are committed to help contribute to solutions for specific regional challenges in Southern Europe and highlight best practices from this ever more important region for the European integration
process.
News
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Ilaria Donatio
Italy competition, the unknown
In Italy, it seems that competitors are protected more than competition. Since 2009, it would be mandatory to adopt an annual Competition Act. “It would be” because – in fact – it was issued only once in 2017. Until President Draghi has indicated it among the Government's priorities because strongly requested by the EU to be able to free the funds of Recovery Plan: it was therefore included in the Pnrr and, finally, in November 2021 a Draft of the law "Competition" was launched by the Council of Ministers.
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Rahel Zibner
Human rights talk in Italy
On the occasion of the elections in Italy FNF Madrid held a Human Rights Lunch Talk in Rome on the 25th of September. Representatives of liberal partner think tanks of FNF gathered to discuss the implications and consequences of a possible victory and formation of a government of the far right for the human rights situation and women, migrant and the LGBTI community in particular. Michael G. Link, MP and European policy spokesperson of the Free Democrats' parliamentary group in the Bundestag gave an input on the German-Italian relations.
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David Henneberger
Italy has voted - right-wing alliance achieves clear majority
The radical right achieves a historic victory in Italy. The far-right Fratelli d'Italia party becomes the strongest force by far and is thus likely to lead the future government. What are the consequences of the right-wing alliance's election victory for the country and the EU? An analysis by our expert David Henneberger.
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Rahel Zibner
Italy falls back into old habits
It has been clear since yesterday evening: In Italy, the government is once again on the verge of collapse. Italy is falling back into decades-old habits in which party and power struggles have regularly led to the collapse of governments. What does this mean for Europe's third-largest economy?
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Carlos Garzarán
Spain is on the right path for more equal opportunities.
The participation of women in the different spheres of political power has increased notably in Spain in recent years. Legislation in Spain intents to promote female representation, e.g. one of the laws which advocate equality between men and women, states, "The achievement of real and effective equality in our society requires not only the commitment of public subjects, but also their decisive impetus in the orbit of relations between individuals".
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David Henneberger
Manfred Richter, member of the board of directors and treasurer of FNF, visits Madrid
Earlier this month, we had an important visitor from Germany, Mr. Manfred Richter. The long-time member of the board of directors and treasurer of FNF visited the FNF office and met with some of our partners, including the liberal Ciudadanos group in the Spanish congress.