THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. Reforming Europe in a time of war

THE STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 48 creasingly difficult containment of the far right -which has pierced through directly in Italy and indirectly so in Sweden- and the resistance -though far from easy- of social democracy. Yet one major issue remains: the real consequenc- es for the governability of the EU of the forming of a government in Italy headed by Meloni’s far right with the participation of Salvini’s populists and the right of Berlusconi. Note: this chapter drew on the authors’ own sources of information and material from the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) and the Elcano Royal Institute.