Abstract

This study analyses the intellectual work of the two principal Italian think tanks—Arel and Nomisma—that were ideologically close to the left-wing Christian Democracy Party during the period of social conflicts in the 1970s until the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. Even these two think tanks had different specialisations, organisational structures and methodological approaches, both strongly favoured Italy’s Europeanisation. However, the Christian Democracy Party did not follow Arel’s recommendations to maintain control over public debt through the introduction of a public spending limit in the Constitution or Nomisma’s recommendation to implement a long-term industrial policy strategy.

摘要

本研究分析了在 1970 年代社会冲突期间，直到 1992 年签署马斯特里赫特条约期间，在意识形态上与左翼基督教民主党接近的两个主要意大利智囊团——Arel 和 Nomisma 的智力工作。甚至这两个智库具有不同的专业、组织结构和方法论，都强烈支持意大利的欧洲化。然而，基督教民主党并没有遵循阿雷尔的建议，通过在宪法中引入公共支出限制来维持对公共债务的控制，也没有遵循诺米斯马的建议，以实施长期的产业政策战略。