Protests In Italy
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Last month there was a protest in Milan in the Duomo area. I believe people were protesting about stopping invasions. And sometimes the train and bus drivers go on strike for various reasons causing delays in transportation.
You are right, this striking is going on all over the world, seems like almost everyone is going on strike, everyone is angry and the economy is making it worse all over the world.
I always found the EU model to be incompatible with traditional countries and this was predicted before it all happened, but politicians only wanted to focus on the positive aspects. If you look at the countries affected by the open border policy and the Euro as the currency, all have suffered the same fate; rising costs, higher unemployment and lower pay. You can't stop the immigration of cheaper labor from across the borders and people have to use Euros and the VAT is high (22% I think) so imagine life before and now.
Many businesses are family run, not global enterprises so they have been hit the hardest as the EU has limited benefits for them as a business.
Many businesses are family run, not global enterprises so they have been hit the hardest as the EU has limited benefits for them as a business.
I tend to agree. For good or for ill, some of the countries struggling most with current conditions are those ones that found it hardest to adapt to the 'one size fits all' of the euro and the shifting dynamics of the EU. As you say, there are a lot of family run businesses in some of these countries. But there has also been less deregulation and less relaxing of labor laws in some of these countries, which has made it harder for them to adapt to changes globally.
Sadly for all the Europeans and the world as well suffered from the flop called European Union caused nothing, but a huge economic crisis in all the countries in Europe. How long it will take for us to recover from that is still unknown and Italy is not the worst case.
^ You are right.
Ever since the EU started to expand, new problems appeared, and then some, and then some more...
The idea in theory is nice, have all countries united as one, everyone can travel, you can go work anywhere you want if you wish, it's a really nice idea! But the reality is so much different and so much worse!
There have been indeed many protests here in Italy. Even in small cities, not only Rome or Milan or other big ones.
But, if you ask me, none of these protests will ever lead to anything because politicians simply don't care... they only care about their own kind (the rich, as mentioned above!) and the rest of the population can go to heck (sorry, it's reality!).
Ever since the EU started to expand, new problems appeared, and then some, and then some more...
The idea in theory is nice, have all countries united as one, everyone can travel, you can go work anywhere you want if you wish, it's a really nice idea! But the reality is so much different and so much worse!
There have been indeed many protests here in Italy. Even in small cities, not only Rome or Milan or other big ones.
But, if you ask me, none of these protests will ever lead to anything because politicians simply don't care... they only care about their own kind (the rich, as mentioned above!) and the rest of the population can go to heck (sorry, it's reality!).
That's one of my fundamental issues with the state of politics in Italy - the need to keep in place an imbalanced status quo. Protecting the vested interests only means that those without a voice get trodden on.
And despite all these external forces changing the wider face of Europe, the "Establishment" (and I'm including in it the politicians, the Church, the rich) still wants to hang onto its power, its wealth and its sphere of influence. Something needs to change.
And despite all these external forces changing the wider face of Europe, the "Establishment" (and I'm including in it the politicians, the Church, the rich) still wants to hang onto its power, its wealth and its sphere of influence. Something needs to change.