The Italian Council of the European Movement (CIME), a grouping of parties, trade unions, pro-European organisations and associations and the Italian section of the International European Movement, was established in December 1948 following the Hague Congress. It had a short duration, being re-established in July 1956 in order to support government action in favour of the European relaunch. After the direct election of the European Parliament, under the presidency of Giuseppe Petrilli (until 1985), CIME endorsed the "Crocodile Club", created by Altiero Spinelli, and the draft of the European Union Treaty approved by the European Parliament on 14 February 1984. During the presidency of Mauro Ferri (1985-88) and Mario Zagari (1988-1995), CIME judged as insufficient the Single European Act facing the new challenges of Europe and to reform the European institutions, also if sharing the objective of completing the internal market. Satisfaction was expressed for the signing of the Maastricht Treaty, for the priority given to the strengthening of the Community framework, with a precise calendar for EMU, rather than rapid enlargement. Inadequate, however, the institutional system was still judged, unable to solve the democratic deficit, increased by the expansion of competences, and the maintenance of the intergovernmental framework in the field of foreign and security policy. CIME also expressed concern that the difficult condition of Italian public finance would lead to the country's exclusion from the group that would create the single currency or even more that would encourage the sectors opposing the monetary unification to block or at least to postpone its entry into force. Encouragement was therefore directed to the political class to make a difficult financial recovery, that could no longer be deferred, and to start a period of reforms. In February 1995, Giorgio Napolitano was elected to the presidency of the CIME and held that post until his election to the presidency of the Republic in 2006, he was succeeded by Valerio Zanone. After the Treaties of Amsterdam and Nice, CIME judged the Constitutional Treaty positively, though not without criticism, in particular regarding foreign and security policy, taxation and economic governance. Regarding the Treaty of Lisbon, CIME declared that it was only a starting point for the federal goal, since it maintained institutional innovations, but also the confederal limits of the European constitution.
Le attività e le iniziative politiche del Movimento europeo in Italia (1979-2009)
Paolo Caraffini
2017-01-01
Abstract
The Italian Council of the European Movement (CIME), a grouping of parties, trade unions, pro-European organisations and associations and the Italian section of the International European Movement, was established in December 1948 following the Hague Congress. It had a short duration, being re-established in July 1956 in order to support government action in favour of the European relaunch. After the direct election of the European Parliament, under the presidency of Giuseppe Petrilli (until 1985), CIME endorsed the "Crocodile Club", created by Altiero Spinelli, and the draft of the European Union Treaty approved by the European Parliament on 14 February 1984. During the presidency of Mauro Ferri (1985-88) and Mario Zagari (1988-1995), CIME judged as insufficient the Single European Act facing the new challenges of Europe and to reform the European institutions, also if sharing the objective of completing the internal market. Satisfaction was expressed for the signing of the Maastricht Treaty, for the priority given to the strengthening of the Community framework, with a precise calendar for EMU, rather than rapid enlargement. Inadequate, however, the institutional system was still judged, unable to solve the democratic deficit, increased by the expansion of competences, and the maintenance of the intergovernmental framework in the field of foreign and security policy. CIME also expressed concern that the difficult condition of Italian public finance would lead to the country's exclusion from the group that would create the single currency or even more that would encourage the sectors opposing the monetary unification to block or at least to postpone its entry into force. Encouragement was therefore directed to the political class to make a difficult financial recovery, that could no longer be deferred, and to start a period of reforms. In February 1995, Giorgio Napolitano was elected to the presidency of the CIME and held that post until his election to the presidency of the Republic in 2006, he was succeeded by Valerio Zanone. After the Treaties of Amsterdam and Nice, CIME judged the Constitutional Treaty positively, though not without criticism, in particular regarding foreign and security policy, taxation and economic governance. Regarding the Treaty of Lisbon, CIME declared that it was only a starting point for the federal goal, since it maintained institutional innovations, but also the confederal limits of the European constitution.
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