Part 11/13:
The narrative emerging from Italy's daring maneuver suggests that Europe is not evolving but quietly dissolving outdated dependencies. Instead of reforms or reforms driven from Brussels, new bilateral deals are quietly rewriting the continent's power dynamics—deal by deal, call by call.
As more nations observe Italy's successful strategy, the question arises: what is the EU truly for if its foundational mechanisms can be bypassed? The borders of the old Europe are shifting, and the traditional union's grip is loosening, replaced by a patchwork of sovereign yet interconnected states.