Edoardo Montenegro
Backpacker, blogger, communication officer, liberal socialist, writing teacher.
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Waiting for the Democratic DrunkardAs Italy is going through a difficult time, the Italian Democratic Party sways and staggers as a drunkard in the street. The party should explain which project it has for the future of the country.
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Do Unions Still Represent Workers?Following separate deals made by FIAT with FIM-CISL and UILM - two of the main unions of Italian metalworkers - both in Mirafiori (Turin) and Pomigliano (Naples), unions refusing to sign a deal with the employer will not be able to represent workers.
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Italian Students Revive Giuseppe GaribaldiWhile the Government found it hard to pass the Reform of University, Italian students protesting against it were able to puzzle the media: on Wednesday December 22nd a peaceful, cheerful and imaginative protest took place all over the country.
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Committee of National Liberation WantedSilvio Berlusconi won a dramatic confidence vote at the Italian Parliament on December 14th 2010. This victory, however, has not made him stronger: the battle is over, but war begins.
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Germany, Europe and the Lame Duck SyndromeGermany shouldn't reject European bonds - proposed by Jean-Claude Juncker and Giulio Tremonti - but take the lead of the EU and pretend more warranties to make them effective.
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Italian Students Want Their Future BackProtests against the reform of the Italian University system reached its climax this week: students took control of several universities, occupied monuments, broke into the hall of Italian Senate and keep sleeping on the roofs of public buildings.
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Garbage Hiding Under the MaskThe dream is over: Naples sinks into the trash, while citizens protest. In spite of Silvio Berlusconi promising that the city would have been cleaned within three days, the EU reported that the situation has changed very little since 2008
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Chickens Come Home to the RoostAs the crisis approaches the Parliament, Italy seems beyond a point of no return. After passing the financial stability law, on December 14th lawmakers will have to decide whether to pull the plug on the Government or not.
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The Unbearble Lightness of Being ItalianThe crisis of the Italian Government deepened on November 7th, when Gianfranco Fini - Parliament speaker and former ally of Silvio Berlusconi - spoke at the first convention of his party, Future and Freedom, asking the Italian Prime Minister to resign.
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The Fall of the Night Club RegimeThe Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces a new scandal: newspapers reported that on May he called the police to ask the release of a 17 year-old girl under custody for allegedly stealing cash who had previously attended parties at his villa.
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Silvio Berlusconi and the Helmet of MambrinoThe future of Silvio Berlusconi is hanging by a thread. While the attention of Italian citizens is diverted by his sexual behaviour and real estate affairs, legal problems have become gangrenous.
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The Happy Protest of Italian MetalworkersOn Saturday, October 16th, a huge mass of workers and citizens gathered in Rome to defend the rights of Italian metalworkers following recent labour disputes at FIAT in Pomigliano and Melfi.
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Italian Democrats Desperately Seeking IdentityThe Italian Democratic Party should first reaffirm its leftist identity. This goal achieved, the party should form a civic platform to defend the Italian Constitution and beat Silvio Berlusconi once and for all.
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The Disturbing Silence of Italian Public DebtOwing to a huge public debt Italian citizens are in for higher taxes and heavy expenditure cuts, but nobody told them.
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The Italian Night Seems Too LongSilvio Berlusconi won confidence vote at the Italian Parliament this week, but his surreal speech showed him to be extremely weak. His former ally Gianfranco Fini might soon decide to topple the Government.
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Italian Parliament for SaleSilvio Berlusconi is bound to speak at the Italian Parliament next Tuesday, September 28th: every Italian MP has now the duty to listen to his conscience and prove that in Italy justice is still equal for all.
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The Roma ConnectionThe Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gave his support to French repatriation of Roma to Romania and Bulgaria. Instead of fomenting racism, Italy and France should start investing to integrate Roma within their societies.
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In the Spotless Name of Giorgio AmbrosoliIn spite of the former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti saying that the lawyer Giorgio Ambrosoli killed in 1979 "went and searched for his death", mud will not stain his memory.
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A Man is Known by the Company He KeepsThe Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi and the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met in Rome to celebrate the Italian-Libyan Friendship Treaty. Instead of arming Libya against naked migrants, Italy should invest in local development for Africa.
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Driving on the Wrong Side of the RoadIn spite of denying social conflict, FIAT is taking a disruptive role in it... But where is the Italian Government?
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You Shall Have No Other Prime Minister Before MeConscious of defeat, Silvio Berlusconi appeals his beloved viewing public insisting that early elections are the only legal alternative to his government. Media dictatorship will be his ultimate political delirium.
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The Italian Two-Party System is DeadThe Italian Democratic Party has to accept the challenge of coalition primary elections and forget the dream of building in Italy a two-party system.
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It is Time for a New GovernmentIn spite of winning a no confidence motion last week, the Italian Government will find very hard to survive as far as September. The Governor of the Bank of Italy Mario Draghi is the best candidate to replace Silvio Berlusconi as Prime Minister.
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Berlusconism 2.0As Silvio Berlusconi faces the end of his career, his followers are ready to turn their coat in order to keep power.
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Friends Will Be FriendsPeople of Freedom Senator Marcello Dell'Utri, a close friend to the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has been sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment for collusion with Mafia.
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The Sorrows of Young BusinessmenItaly ranks 78th within the OECD countries for the ease of doing business. The Italian Constitution granting free enterprise, ordinary laws are needed to tackle the problem.
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The Death of Italian Trade Unions5,000 FIAT workers of the Pomigliano d'Arco plant near Naples will be asked to give up the right to strike on a referendum taking place next week.
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Plunging Hands into the Wrong PocketsPressed by the financial markets, which are actually looking at Italy as a new target for speculation, the Italian Government presented a budget bill accounting for € 25 billion from 2011 to 2012.
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When Censorship is Called PrivacyA bill aimed at preventing the press from publishing wiretaps is under debate at the Italian Parliament. Publishers breaking the prohibition might be fined, journalists would undergo disciplinary actions and magistrates could be replaced.