In the 2011-12, the IAI’s work on this topic resulted in seminars – the latest, organised in cooperation with Notre Europe, took place in Turin in July 2011 – and two publications, one in Italian in the Quaderni IAI series and one in English in the IAI’s peer reviewed foreign policy journal, The International Spectator. In particular, these studies provide an in-depth analysis of the Italian government’s position on this issue in view of the negotiations on the next EU budget (financial perspectives 2014-2020).