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Monday, October 03, 2022 at 07:00

The consequences of the Italian elections, in a day of the URJC

The consequences of the Italian elections, in a day of the URJC The consequences of the Italian elections, in a day of the URJC

The Rey Juan Carlos University and organizes a meeting that aims to analyze the parallels between Italy and Spain in fields such as politics, culture or economics.

Raul Garcia Hemonnet

The electoral victory of the Italian right, led by Giorgia Meloni's post-fascism, will be one of the star topics of the bilateral conference organized by the URJC. The conference will be held on October 6 and 7 at the Fuenlabrada campus of the Rey Juan Carlos University. Registrations can be made through this email: .

The aim of the symposium, as Professor Re explains, "is to analyze today's Italy from various points of view, political, obviously after the last elections, but also business and cultural."

The analysis of the results of the elections on September 25 will star in one of the round tables of the day. URJC professors Jorge del Palacio and Matteo Re, URJC professors, organizers of the conference and experts in transalpine politics will take part in it. They will be accompanied by Pablo Martín de Santa Olalla Saludes (ESERP), author of numerous books and articles on Italian politics, and figures such as Matteo Renzi or Silvio Berlusconi.

As Matteo Re points out, "it is interesting to analyze what has happened in Italy because parallels are often made here, but I do not see the rise of a force like Fratelli D'Italia (which could be similar to VOX) taking place in Spain in the next months. Fratelli has been built on the erosion of its two coalition partners: Forza Italia and Lega Nord. I see Feijóo's PP much more solid against VOX”.

Politics, although not as subject to current affairs, will also be the protagonist of the day on the 7th in which several experts will analyze issues such as the constitutional experiences of Spain and Italy, bilateral cooperation in the Mediterranean, the communicative figure of Silvio Berlusconi and the relationship of Podemos with Italy.

Cultural and economic exchanges

The conferences, in addition to having a marked political accent, also address other issues that have to do with the economy or culture. In this way, it will be possible to attend presentations on the cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini, bilateral relations and mutual influences in the fields of gastronomy and fashion, what the Ferrari icon means for Italy or the presentation of a book on life in a city like Rome.

The professor of Contemporary History at the URJC, José Manuel Azcona, will give the inaugural lecture, which will deal with the transformations of current Spain from the death of Franco to the present.

The day will be opened by the director of the Instituto Italiano Di Cultura in Madrid, María Luisa Pappalapardo, and URJC students who attend the event will be recognized with a RAC credit.

It is mainly aimed at URJC students studying degrees such as International Relations, Journalism, Fashion, Tourism, History, Politics, but it is open to the rest of the university community and the general public.

An opportunity to learn about the reality of a neighboring and friendly country with many similarities and differences and that has just experienced a political earthquake after the elections on September 25.