Possible title

Is what is happening in France and in other countries across Europe symptomatic of more widespread political discontent? If so, what are the causes and how should the challenge be addressed?

Italian Missions

http://www.esercito.difesa.it/Operazioni/Operazioni_oltremare

https://www.difesa.it/OperazioniMilitari/Pagine/OperazioniMilitari.aspx

https://www.ilpost.it/2018/01/17/missioni-militari-italiane-2018/

http://www.occhidellaguerra.it/missioni-militari-italiane-allestero-le-novita-del-2018/

http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2018-01-09/missioni-internazionali-2018-l-italia-punta-niger-tunisia-e-libia-092052.shtml?uuid=AEca6TeD

http://www.lindro.it/missioni-militari-allestero-uneccellenza-tutta-italiana/

https://www.difesa.it/Pagine/default.aspx
http://www.today.it/politica/missioni-italia-estero.html

https://www.lenius.it/missioni-militari-italiane-nel-mondo/

THE ITALIAN STRATEGY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

http://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2017/11/rapporto-med-maeci-2017-eng.pdf

https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2017/12/rapporto-med-maeci-ita.pdf

http://www.esteri.it/mae/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/2017/11/la-strategia-italiana-nel-mediterraneo.html

http://www.ambamman.esteri.it/ambasciata_amman/it/ambasciata/news/dall_ambasciata/the-italian-strategy-in-the-mediterranean.html

http://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/italy-and-security-mediterranean

http://www.onuitalia.com/2017/11/28/rom-med-2017-co-development-rights-ten-words-italian-strategy-mediterranean/

https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2017/12/rapporto-med-maeci-ita.pdf

https://www.esteri.it/mae/it/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/programma-integrato-italia-culture.html

https://www.esteri.it/mae/doc/osservatorio_it.pdf

video

Watch the end:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVpFkho1HLM

Possible essay title

The EU – Where are we going? What are the challenges and opportunities for the future? 

(Try not to sound naive!)

See below, updated November 2018 

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R44249.pdf

and

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2018/614650/EPRS_IDA(2018)614650_EN.pdf

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/02/the-3-biggest-threats-to-the-eu-according-to-president-tusk/

https://www.thejournal.ie/eu-reforms-are-under-threat-3889795-Mar2018/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46020745

https://www.timesofisrael.com/frances-macron-eu-must-reform-to-fight-rising-nationalism/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/world/europe/france-yellow-vests-protests-macron.html

https://www.thelocal.fr/20180620/germany-france-eurozone-reform-ideas

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-emmanuel-macron-eu-reform-nationalism-1.4622822

http://time.com/5426869/brexit-threat-ireland-uk-europe-us/

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/02/uks-brexit-proposals-threaten-future-of-eu-says-barnier

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/22/the-euro-and-its-threat-to-the-future-of-europe-joseph-stiglitz-review

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/world/europe/italy-european-union.html

For EU priorities you can start here:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities_it

and then open documents in both languages, for example:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/migration_it

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/migration_en

EU documents for translation

https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/eu-in-brief_it

https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/eu-in-brief_en

The links above include lots of other downloads in both languages or links to pages from which you can download. Have a look at:

The European Union - What it is and what it does

Europe in 12 lessons

The General Report on the Activities of the European Union

50 ways forward - Europe's best successes

60 good reasons for the EU - Why we need the European Union

The European story - 60 years of shared progress

and then, for example:

file:///D:/Downloads/NA0116996ITN.it%20(1).pdf

file:///D:/Downloads/NA0118045ENN.en.pdf

https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/5b4629d3-2655-11e7-ab65-01aa75ed71a1/language-it?WT.mc_id=Selectedpublications&WT.ria_c=677&WT.ria_f=1032&WT.ria_ev=search

https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/2bb5a651-2655-11e7-ab65-01aa75ed71a1/language-en?WT.mc_id=Selectedpublications&WT.ria_c=677&WT.ria_f=1032&WT.ria_ev=search

http://ec.europa.eu/assets/epsc/files/the-european-story_epsc_it_web.pdf

http://ec.europa.eu/assets/epsc/files/the-european-story_epsc_web.pdf

For EU priorities you can start here:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities_it

and then open documents in both languages, for example:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/migration_it

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/migration_en

The FAO in Italian and English to practise your translation skills

The articles listed on the FAO archive page here are also available in English. Click on the article you want to get it in Italian and then click on 'English' at the top to get the English version.

http://www.fao.org/news/archive/it/

There are also all the articles from previous years if you click on the year on the left.

Some examples from 2018:

http://www.fao.org/news/story/it/item/1172536/icode/

http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1172527/icode/

http://www.fao.org/news/story/it/item/1111788/icode/

http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1111495/icode/

http://www.fao.org/news/story/it/item/1172014/icode/

http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1171441/icode/