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Good luck with that Italian government.

• electromagnetic 17y ago
  Yeah, especially as online-publishing is a freedom of speech issue and unless Berlusconi rescinds Italy's membership in the European Union, he'd have to be able to prove that essentially banning access to free-speech online isn't a violation of freedom of speech European Court of Human Rights. Any judgement by the court is wholly binding on the member states and legally has to be complied with or they can ultimately be forced out of the EU, but would likely be subject to sanctions and receive no 'rebate' from the taxes their citizens pay to the EU. Being forced out of the EU would mean all their citizens working in the EU, outside of Italy, could potentially lose employment immediately due to not having work visas. Every Italian citizen living in the EU would have 6-months to return to Italy, and by how most immigration policies work they would be unable to apply for a work visa or even citizenship within their country of occupation. The exact same would happen to any EU citizen living in Italy, which could potentially be devastating for the economy in Italy.