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Beyond Byzantine: Why Italian Politics Matter More Than You Care To Know
Veröffentlicht am 25, Juli, 2022
Aktualisiert am 25, Juli, 2022
Politik
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Politik
Veröffentlicht am 25, Juli, 2022
Aktualisiert am 25, Juli, 2022
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Beyond Byzantine: Why Italian Politics Matter More Than You Care To Know
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Foreign correspondents who land in Italy are advised to stick to stories about culture and business, food and travel. The readers back home want tales of ancient Rome, hip new brands in Milan or maybe a nasty mob boss in Naples. And politics? Poco o niente…
To international eyes, Italian political news looks like one long indecipherable and neverending government crisis, a revolving door of prime ministers, insider plots and power plays that ultimately, to paraphrase Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s famous book The Leopard, leave you where you started.
In the end, some may even whisper, it doesn’t really matter.
The abrupt downfall of Prime Minister Mario Draghi this week is a perfect example of both the navel-gazing folly of Italian politics, and a sharp reminder that in the end, it
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