Tagged with "Italy"

Brussels sends a Trojan Horse to Italy

Ms von der Leyen’s rescue package is a Trojan Horse and, to paraphrase Virgil, we should beware Brussels bearing gifts.
by Tim Hedges - 25 June 2020
Flying out of the crisis. Only in Italy

Try to imagine the worst business decision you could possibly make right now. The most half-witted, Covid-blind strategy you could follow. Thought about it? Yes, Italy is starting a new airline.
by Tim Hedges - 11 May 2020
Let's be Optimistic!

Adam Honeysett-Watts writes the kind of opinion piece we all need right now!
by Adam Honeysett-Watts - 8 April 2020
Napoleon, and doing as we are told under COVID-19

The massive extension of the power of the state under COVID-19 has exposed some deep historical differences between Britain and Europe. How does your Napoleon complex look today?
by Tim Hedges - 26 March 2020
Italy, EU bungling, and the COVID-19 curve

No-one has the perfect response to the Coronavirus. But the way different European states are responding shows that European "unity" collapses in the face of a crisis
by Tim Hedges - 13 March 2020
Coronavirus front line in northern Italy

The area of Lombardy where the Coronavirus has struck is among the most productive in Europe and, more to the point, one of the very few productive areas in Italy
by Tim Hedges - 28 February 2020
Putting democracy on trial in Italy

Matteo Salvini Is to go on trial for kidnap due to his immigration policies. It will be seen by Italian voters as the establishment using the courts to silence dissent
by Tim Hedges - 25 February 2020
Giorgia Meloni: Mussolini-lite, and going viral

A group of left-wing opponents made a short film of a sample from one of her speeches. It was designed to discredit her "bigoted" opinions. Instead it has gone viral, and her popularity has soared
by Tim Hedges - 14 January 2020
China getting a rise out of reckless Italy?

Italy's populist government may become the first in Europe to endorse China's Belt and Road Initiative. The Western establishment from Washington to Brussels is apoplectic, and on this one, they are right to be
by Tim Hedges - 22 March 2019
Adventures in Europe: Italy rails, as France wails

Italy's populists are enraged at the double standards from the powers that be in Europe. France appears to get a free pass, while Italy gets a telling off over its budget deficits. Brexiting from all this may not be quite so bad, non?
by Tim Hedges - 18 December 2018
Italy's migration dilemma

It must be realised that Italy is not the UK or Germany which have had migration since the 1960s. In Italy’s case the problem has been emigration, and mass immigration is quite new to them. Between political correctness and plummeting birth rates, quite a debate is raging
by Tim Hedges - 17 October 2018
Italy's telling bridge

The Italian bridge collapse is a tragedy and a political hot potato. How will the populist government handle it?
by Tim Hedges - 20 August 2018
Italy's populists win popularity by shaking things up

No-one in the European mainstream gave Italy's populists a great deal of credit, but they are winning popularity by shaking things up. Popular populists; how about that!
by Tim Hedges - 8 August 2018
Italy's rule bending government a headache for Brussels

Italy was never just going to quit the euro, not right now at least. But the new government is going to be a big headache for Brussels whose failing deep integrationist project will continue to lurch from crisis to crisis
by Tim Hedges - 4 June 2018
Oh no. Another election in Italy?

Amazing as it may sound, Berlusconi, for all his venality and amorality, is the only person since the war to have led a party through its full five year term. As for Salvini, he is makng much of standing on principle, which may well mean that Italy goes back to the polls in June, and Salvini strenghens his hand
by Tim Hedges - 2 May 2018