Jon Sharman* – The Independent Migrants ‘will be at greater risk from traffickers and other criminal groups’ if new security decree is implemented, say special rapporteurs A rise in hate attacks in Italy cannot be separated from politicians “unashamedly embracing racist and…
Essay by Renato Moro* – Università degli Studi Roma Tre Do not underestimate Italy and Italians in politics, ever. Light and atrocity, spontaneity and passion, art and religion, beauty and crime have always been foreigners’ fundamental keys to understanding Italian life.
Shapiro* – Geopolitical Futures If Brussels tries to treat Italy the way it did Greece, there might not be much of an EU left to govern. The recently minted Italian government has made headlines for its harder stance on migration issues – and its willingness to go toe to toe…
Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster Hungary and Italy have pledged to forge a new alliance to change the way the EU deals with migration. Orban and Salvini have repeatedly defied the European Union by refusing to take in any further asylum-seekers. Hungarian…
Posted by Yves Smith* – Naked Capitalism Italian politics are messy even at the best of times. The battle over forming a government took a nasty turn. We’ll give a short overview and then make a few observations, in the hopes of eliciting informed reader input.
