Les élections italiennes de cet automne ont vu les électeurs punir une fois de plus les partis de gouvernement en place. Mais derrière le bouleversement du système des partis se cache un rétrécissement du choix politique réel, les intérêts de la classe ouvrière luttant pour trouver une représentation électorale. Source : Jacobin Mag, Stefano PalombariniTraduit […]
Nationalism—placing the interests of one’s own nation above the interests of other nations—has been a powerful force in world affairs for centuries. But it seemed on the wane after 1945, when the vast devastation of World War II—a conflict fostered by right wing, nationalist demagogues—convinced people around the globe of the necessity to transcend nationalism […]
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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss how Italian senators have moved to strip Matteo Salvini of his parliamentary immunity.
Coming a day after Italy revealed it will need a massive bailout in order to save its crumbling economy, the popular Salvini, who was poised to become Italy’s next Prime Minister, could now face a trial for allegedly detaining migrants at sea last year, when he refused to let an NGO ship carrying scores of migrants dock at the Italian island of Lampedusa.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Italy’s failing, post covid lockdown economy which has revealed that the country has a staggering €39 billion of repayments due in September and €42billion of repayments in November.
Italy now has to either enter ESM austerity, again, or the ECB has to begin a massive money printing cycle to bail out the giant Italian economy.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the senators in Italy who voted on Wednesday to lift immunity for popular, nation state leader Matteo Salvini, opening the way for a trial over accusations that he illegally detained migrants in the Mediterranean Sea last year.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the Italian regional elections in Emilia-Romagna and Calabria, where despite failing to win in Emilia-Romagna, Salvini’s Lega had a strong showing in a far left region, proving once again that he is poised to soon take over as Prime Minister of Italy.
When Matteo Salvini’s Lega won the state elections in Umbria in late October few, if any, noticed. Lega and the Brothers of Italy and Forza Italia took at whopping 53% of the vote, with Lega taking 37%.
It was this result that should have had everyone in Brussels worried. But since they had just gotten finished patting themselves on the back for maneuvering around Salvini’s attempt to force an election the month before, the news quickly moved to the back burner amongst all of the Brexit drama.
