Italy’s Democrats are looking past Trump – and back to America (decode39.com)

• Fassino urges Europe to analyze the root causes of Trumpism.
• Italy's center-left aims to reinforce the transatlantic bond with democratic America.
• He stresses the need for greater European strategic autonomy.

"Senior Democratic Party lawmaker Piero Fassino argues that Europe should not reduce Trumpism to political spectacle, but understand the social fractures that made it possible. For Italy’s center-left, the answer is to rebuild a stronger political and cultural axis with democratic America — while pushing Europe to become a more credible strategic actor in its own right."