Tenth Italian Design Day

This year’s theme is “Re-Design. Regenerating spaces, objects, ideas, relations”

https://www.esteri.it/it/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/diplomazia-culturale/2026/03/decima-edizione-della-giornata-del-design-italiano-nel-mondo/

https://creativitacontemporanea.cultura.gov.it/italiandesignday/

https://italiandesignday-official.it/

https://italiandesignday.it/

https://iicdublino.esteri.it/en/gli_eventi/calendario/italian-design-day-2026/

https://www.ice.it/it/mercati/slovenia/italian-design-day-2026

https://www.esteri.it/it/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/tag/italian-design-day/

https://www.infomercatiesteri.it/attivita_promozionali_dettagli.php?id_attivita_promozionali=7241

Examples, but find your own

https://www.spazio50.org/lex-mattatoio-di-roma-il-gigante-ferito-di-testaccio-rinasce-come-polo-culturale-europeo/

https://www.architettiroma.it/notizie/architettura/il-mattatoio-di-testaccio-esempio-virtuoso-di-rigenerazione-urbana-a-roma/

https://www.esteri.it/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/retediplomatica/2026/03/dhaka-re-design-rigenerare-spazi-oggetti-idee-relazioni/

https://www.facebook.com/italembdhaka/photos/-design-and-architecture-impact-how-we-live-think-work-and-connect-with-others-i/1248400544142059/

The energy crisis

https://www.politico.eu/article/how-bad-will-europes-energy-crisis-get/

https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/la-crisi-energetica-e-qui-6-grafici-sullimpatto-della-guerra-nel-golfo-234457

Italy and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz

https://www.esteri.it/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/comunicati/2026/04/tajani-alla-riunione-su-hormuz-ruolo-onu-decisivo-pronti-a-sostenere-iniziative-per-un-corridoio-umanitario-e-sicurezza-navigazione/

The 16th MAECI–Bank of Italy Conference

https://www.esteri.it/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/comunicati/2026/04/tajani-e-panetta-aprono-la-xvi-conferenza-maeci-banca-ditalia/

The EU's mutual defence clause

Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) is the mutual defence clause, requiring EU member states to provide aid and assistance using "all the means in their power" if another member faces armed aggression on its territory. Activated only once—by France in 2015—it operates individually rather than through EU institutions, respecting neutral states' policies.

Italy and defence spending

https://www.eunews.it/en/2026/03/26/for-the-first-time-all-nato-allies-are-spending-more-than-2-per-cent-of-their-gdp-on-defence/

https://www.italianfacts.com/en/art-2254-apparent-security-italian-military-spending-soars-to-2-of-gdp-but-no#:~:text=GeoPolitics-,Apparent%20Security:%20Italian%20Military%20Spending%20Soars%20to%202%25%20of%20GDP,%E2%80%94%20suddenly%20considered%20%22military.%22 

European autonomy and independent capabilities in deterrence, defence and security

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-capitals-deleting-us-technology-not-realistic/

https://bst-europe.eu/security-policy/untangling-the-transatlantic-incentive-trap-europes-plan-and-americas-contribution/#:~:text=Capabilities%20and%20operational%20dependence,%2DDomain%20Operations%20(MDO).

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/nato-warns-europe-cannot-deter-russia-without-1771133246.html#:~:text=Without%20American%20deterrence%20capabilities%2C%20containing,extremely%20difficult%2C%20according%20to%20Politico.&text=European%20countries%20can%20produce%20modern,costs%20at%20roughly%20$1%20trillion.

https://www.bruegel.org/policy-brief/europes-dependence-us-foreign-military-sales-and-what-do-about-it#:~:text=The%20dependence%20is%20particularly%20significant,modernisation%20required%20in%20future%20years.

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2025/777967/EPRS_BRI(2025)777967_EN.pdf#:~:text=In%20its%20European%20defence%20industrial%20strategy%2C%20the,with%2063%20%25%20coming%20from%20the%20US.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/four-charts-europes-reliance-us-digital-infrastructure.html

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260124-europe-s-digital-reliance-on-us-big-tech-does-the-eu-have-a-plan

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/06/20/europe-remains-highly-vulnerable-and-dependent-on-us-defence-production-report

but in the longer term

https://www.meig.ch/highlight-1-2026-european-strategic-autonomy-and-dependence-on-nato-taking-the-middle-road/#:~:text=Investing%20in%20European%20defence%20industries,an%20investment%20in%20strategic%20freedom.

https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/autonomous-europe_en#:~:text=Our%20investment%20in%20space%20and,position%20as%20a%20space%20power.

https://theloop.ecpr.eu/can-the-eu-form-an-autonomous-military-alliance/

https://www.dcu.ie/blog/2151/european-defence-autonomy-leadership-gap

however

https://www.iiss.org/research-paper/2026/03/advancing-european-military-capacity-in-space/#:~:text=Both%20figures%20exclude%20most%20ground,announced%20programmatic%20timelines%20of%202030.

https://www.arcanopartners.com/en/arcano-insights/insights/eus-goal-achieving-military-autonomy-2030-realistic#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20doubt%20that,States%20and%20their%20industrial%20actors.