The most drawn up list of the six most pressing things wrong with the country – one of the most beautiful country in the world. A stagnating economy, corruption, organised crime, political apathy, misogny, youth unemployment…. The person elected to run Italy next weekend will have a formidable to-do list.
- The economy. With the effects of austerity taking their toll and fears building about long-term capacity for growth, it is little wonder that Italy’s economic situation is taken centre stage in the election campaign. The country is now in the longest recession in 20 years, the economy having contracted for the last six consecutive quarters and languished in more than a decade of almost non-existent growth. Unemployment is more than 11%; for under -25s, it is more than 36%. Italy has the second highest ration of sovereign debt to GDP in the EU. It could have been worse. In autumn 2011, when Mario Monti took over after years of successive governments largely ignoring problem, there were fears that the EU’s forth largest economy might fall into the abyss and drag the rest of the eurozone with it. The technocrat government avoided that disaster scenario and done much to restore the markets ’ faith in Italy…. and so on….. If you wanna read more – The world News.
- Treatment of women. ” Its a country in whish women are still very connected to a traditional vision of their role. Care work is work principally done by women. So we find ourselves in a situation where women aren’t getting work, ” said Maddalena Vianello, a leading feminist activist…..If you wanna read more – The World News.
- The justice system. Slow-moving, hugely bloated and sometimes alarmingly politicised, Italy’s justice system needs fixing. Italy is one of the most litigious countries in Europe, with more than 2.8m cases brought in 2011 alone, and has by far the most lawyers of any EU country -around 240,000. But the system simply cannot cope. ( Just imagine more lawyers then polices….Unbelievable) If you wanna read more – You know by now where to read.
- Politics. Italy has had more national elections and more governments than any other big European power since the second world war. ONLY one government has lasted the full five-year term since 1945.
- The north-south divide. In 1861, the year of Italy’s birth, unification pioneer Massimo d’Azeglio declared: ” We have made Italy; now we must make Italians. ” To what extent this task been accomplished remains, more than 150 years later, unclear. The disparity between wealthy north and poorer south is one of the country’s most impervious and worrying problems.
- Organised crime and corruption.If there is one industry in Italy that has not suffered from the economic crisis, it is organised crime. Its a sector that booms year in, year out. With three significant mafia organisations – the ’Ndrangheta, the Camorra and the Sicilian mafia.
Source/ The World News
As you understand it is some hard work TO-DO. I cant even write down ”tutti”, because it is far too much to write 🙁 and probably its better if you dont read… Its easy to think: ” What have they done, and why, and how could it become like this?”
We need to read and understand about the history of this ”young” country – Italy, that were very attractive for everyone, many kingdoms,wealthy families, the pope. And everyone wanted a little piece of this, in the past called Appenini Island…. and with the mafia, the problems arised / my personal thoughts by Vero.
I love this country, Italy in all its beauty, lovely food, fashion numero 1, the friendly people and the fantastic flexibility.
Though, sometimes its good to leave.it for awhile – to take a trip to…… for example Barcelona.
There they also have lovely wine, tasteful seafood, and handsome men 🙂 !