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RE: Populism is Popular in Italy -- Brussels is in Trouble

in #politics7 years ago

Veneto and Lombary are some of Italy's wealthiest regions, with strong agriculture and manufacturing economies. Isn't it telling that their ire has been, historically, directed at Rome rather than Brussels? Most of their customers are other Europeans, not Italians, and given power in Europe I suspect they'd opt to impose austerity on their southern countrymen, not risk their access to markets.

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