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Italy remains the least governable and most unstable member of Nato not to mention the UE Despite being one of the original six Founding Members and one of the principal financial supporters of the UE Italy does not carry the political weight one would expect of the EU rsquo s second major manufacturing Power A question of leaders and leadership nbsp Fourteen months ago despite an electoral law hastily redesigned...
The present government crisis was brought about by the Lega one of the two political allies dubbed ldquo populists rdquo or ldquo extremists rdquo by the Country rsquo s ldquo mainstream rdquo press and traditional parties Moved more by fear of the unknown than any real threat to democracy the mainstream press and traditional parties can rsquo t wait to return to the familiar multi party government coalitions of the...
Few countries in Europe have influenced each other more throughout the course of history than Italy and France It is not by chance that France and Italy are so alike in language culture and even in some foods and wines The beauty of their respective countries has the Italians singing about the ldquo Bel Paese rdquo and the French about the ldquo Douce France rdquo Indeed had the francophone Dukes...
taly s justice system has long been one of the most dysfunctional in Europe especially when it comes to putting away alleged mafia or white collar criminals Prosecutors say it is all but impossible to reach a definitive sentence for a multitude of financial crimes within the prescribed time frame which is seldom more than eight years That s partly because legal cases take so long in Italy But it...
Italy s justice system has long been one of the most dysfunctional in Europe especially when it comes to putting away alleged mafia or white collar criminals Prosecutors say it is all but impossible to reach a definitive sentence for a multitude of financial crimes within the prescribed time frame which is seldom more than eight years That s partly because legal cases take so long in Italy But it...
By the world financial markets of course Nor by the big three Credit Rating Agencies Moody rsquo s Standard and Poor rsquo s and Fitch If Italy prefers not to cut its national debt that rsquo s her business and nobody else rsquo s except perhaps Italian voters and taxpayers Hey what can I say that hasn rsquo t already been said Not much Di Maio alternates between the tough...
Highwaymen were robbers who stole from travellers In England the practice reached its peak between 1660 and the early 1700 s They would attack defenseless stagecoaches and solitary travellers on horseback often yelling Stand and delivery your purse or your money or the concise but equally significant Your money or your life In Italy similar occurrences dated from the mid 13th Century with Ghino di Tacco and other famous bandits...
For weeks Italian newspapers have been talking for and against the Conte Administration rsquo s position on the issue of Migrants But too much may not be enough In the sense that even were Italy to consolidate an alliance on the issue of migrants a eupheemism for illegal aliens with Austria Hungary Poland The Czech amp Slovak Republics it is Germany that calls the shots in the UE and regardless...
Da settimane i giornali italiani non fanno altro che parlare pro e contro la posizione del governo Conte sul problema dei migranti Ma il tanto ciarlare potrebbe non essere abbastanza Nel senso che anche se l rsquo Italia dovesse stringere accordi sui ldquo migranti rdquo un eufemismo per ldquo stranieri clandestini rdquo con Austria Ungheria Polonia Repubblica Ceca e Slovakia egrave la Germania che detta legge nell rsquo UE e...
The Corriere della Sera of June 25 2018 in its insert on ldquo L rsquo Economia rdquo proffers its suggestions to the present coalition government on how best to breathe new life into an Italian economy chloroformed by seventy years of labor biased economic policies that have worked well to impoverish the presumed beneficiaries all the while encouraging employers to sell out close or migrate to more business friendly venues...
Il Corriere della Sera del 25 giugno 2018 nell rsquo allegato intitolato ldquo L rsquo Economia rdquo si permette di suggerire al nuovo governo di coalizione alcune ricette per riportare a nuova vita un rsquo economia italiana cloroformizzata da settant rsquo anni di politiche economiche ldquo pro lavoratori rdquo tanto da aver impoverito i presunti beneficiari ed incoraggiato i loro datori di lavoro a vendere chiudere o migrare a lidi...
Yesterday the Conte Administration received a vote of confidence from both houses of the Italian Parliament and with a comfortable majority to boot despite the usual sour grapes from Italy s Establishment To make sure the public takes notice of the change in substance of this Italian government the hope is Conte and Partners will work to achieve and enforce party discipline a concept alien to the Italian Constitution and...
On June 1st 2018 Italy rsquo s new Government was sworn in by President Mattarella a 76 year old survivor from the cold war era which in Italy lasted until the day before when Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini closed the deal on their ldquo agreement rdquo to give Italians a new Government and let rsquo s hope a better deal Today June 2nd there were 19 new smiley...