In 2016, he supported the constitutional reform proposed by Renzi to reduce the powers of the Italian Senate. In the same year, along with the Jacques Delors Institute, he launched a school of political science focused on European issues, known as "Académie Notre Europe". In October 2017, he joined the new "Comitè Action Publique 2022", a public commission for the reform of state and public administration in France which was strongly supported by President Emmanuel Macron.