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Il saggio discute le osservazioni presentate sulla stessa rivista dal prof. Paolo Savona in merito a un mio saggio dedicato al Trattao di Maastricht e all'Unione monetaria europea apparso sul libro Andreotti e l'Europa curato da F. Lefebvre D'Ovidio e da Luca Micheletta. ; The chapter describes – based on Giulio Andreotti's personal papers – the decision by the Italian government of the day, taken in the course of the extraordinary council of 27-28 October 1990 in Rome during the semester under the Italian presidency, to agree to the adoption of a single currency. Actually, however, the documents do not directly reflect Andreotti's thoughts on the issue. The interpretative scope of the chapter is accordingly limited: the idea was to show how the Italian government conducted the negotiations within the European institutions in the preparation of the Maastricht treaty and its ratification, not to consider the effects of EMU on the Italian economy, nor to express my personal opinion concerning the decision.

The chapter describes - based on Giulio Andreotti's personal papers - the decision by the Italian government of the day, taken in the course of the extraordinary council of 27-28 October 1990 in Rome during the semester under the Italian presidency, to agree to the adoption of a single currency. Actually, however, the documents do not directly reflect Andreotti's thoughts on the issue. The interpretative scope of the chapter is accordingly limited: the idea was to show how the Italian government conducted the negotiations within the European institutions in the preparation of the Maastricht treaty and its ratification, not to consider the effects of EMU on the Italian economy, nor to express my personal opinion concerning the decision.

I volumi documentano la politica estera italiana e il rilancio dell'Europa dalla conferenza di Messina del 1955 ai trattati di Roma del 1957 sulla base delle fonti inedite conservate presso l'Archivio del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale.

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: Some Introductory Thoughts -- 2.1 Alberto Giovannini (1955-2019): Selected Scientific Contributions -- Reference -- Part I: The European "Postwar Consensus" and the European Project -- Chapter 3: The Origins of the Idea of European Integration: A German Perspective -- 3.1 The Inexorability of European Economic Integration: The Consequence of "Unstoppable" Modern Forces? -- 3.2 General Challenges to European Economic Integration -- 3.3 Challenges to Germany Posed by European Integration: History's Doormat or Herbert Giersch's Volcano? -- 3.4 When Does European Integration Reach an Inflection Point? The German View -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: The European "Postwar Consensus" and the Birth of the EEC -- 4.1 The Italians -- 4.2 The Americans -- 4.3 France and Germany -- References -- Chapter 5: "Large Switzerland" or "Large France"? The Ordoliberals and Early European Integration -- 5.1 Introduction: Two Visions of Europe -- 5.2 Europe's Diverse Faces: From Zeus and Europa to Festung Europa -- 5.3 Disintegration Before Integration, Identity Through Friends and Foes -- 5.4 Wilhelm Röpke as a Theorist of (Dis-)integration -- 5.5 Wilhelm Röpke as an Activist Observer of Integration -- 5.6 Ludwig Erhard and Alfred Müller-Armack: Functionalist or Institutionalist Integration -- 5.7 Conclusion: Swerving Toward a "Large Switzerland"? -- References -- Chapter 6: Hayek's Europe: The Austrian School and European Federalism -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Why a Federation? -- 6.3 Architecture of a European Federation -- 6.4 Has the EU Been a Classical Liberal Project? -- References -- Chapter 7: The Monnet Method and the Obsolescence of the EU -- References.

1. Introduction -- 2. Some Introductory Thoughts -- Part I. The European "Postwar Consensus" and the European Project -- 3. The Origins of the Idea of European Integration: A German Perspective -- 4. The European "Postwar Consensus" and the Birth of the EEC -- 5 "Large Switzerland" or "Large France"? The Ordoliberals and Early European Integration -- 6. Hayek's Europe: The Austrian School and European Federalism -- 7. The Monnet Method and the Obsolescence of the EU -- Part II. The Evolution of the European Project in the 1980s: How Liberalisation Affected Europe -- 8. The Re-launching of European Integration in the 1980s, Ideas and Policies -- 9. Evaluating Mrs. Thatcher's Reforms: Britain's 1980s Economic Reform Program -- 10. The Rocky Road to European Monetary Union: A German Perspective -- Part III. Our Current Predicament -- 11. The Euro in Perspective -- 12. Dealing with the Covid Debt Overhang -- 13. Globalization and Its Critics -- 14. The Great Recession and the Future of the EU.