Maurizio Ferrera
Maurizio Ferrera teaches political science in Milan and is a member of the Group of Societal Policy Analysis advising the European Commission. A regular contributor to the Corriere della Sera, he founded the Research Unit on European Governance at the Collegio Carlo Alberto in Turin.
Nicolas Sarkozy’s proposal to revoke the citizenship of naturalised felons has catapulted the immigration issue back onto the political agenda. Even as governments seek to adjust their legislation to an ever-changing situation, the EU ought to extend European citizenship to immigrants so as to make up for the inadequacies of the existing system.