Perspectives on Federalism is a free on-line peer-reviewed journal, promoted by the Centre for Studies on Federalism.

1. Protection of EU citizens abroad: A legal assessment of the EU citizen’s right to consular and diplomatic protection
(Madalina Bianca Moraru/Essay)

The wide range of disasters that has recently hit third countries has shown that not even the Member States with the widest network of consular and diplomatic representation can ensure on their own the ...

2. Towards a European Federal Fiscal Union
(Alberto Majocchi/Essay)

... directly by the citizens to the European budget. A new resource could also be assured with the approval of the proposal recently put forward by the European Commission in a Draft Directive to introduce ...

3. The transfer of State Property to Regions and Local Authorities within the Italian Fiscal Federalism Reform
(Filippo Scuto/Essay)

The present article examines the process concerning the transfer of State Property to Regions and Local Authorities, recently introduced in Italy pursuant to Decree 85/2010. The transfer of State owned ...

4. Federal Reform II in Germany
(Dominic Heinz/Note)

Recently Germany experienced yet another federal reform shortly after a previous modification to the German federal system. This paper explains agenda setting, negotiations and ratification of this recent ...

5. Review Article
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6. Notes
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These are the short Notes recently published on Perspectives on Federalism.  ...

7. Essays
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These are the Essays or original research articles recently published on Perspectives on Federalism.  ...

8. How to re-launch the European unification process?
(Roberto Castaldi/Note)

The Italian President, Giorgio Napolitano, and former Minister Tommaso Padoa Schioppa recently urged for the re-launch of the European unification process. This short note analyses and comments their ...