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> Then you have Italy, whose problems probably mostly relate to the financial crisis fallout Italy is a victim of austerity first and foremost. We could recov
by LoSboccacc 9y ago
> Then you have Italy, whose problems probably mostly relate to the financial crisis fallout
Italy is a victim of austerity first and foremost. We could recover like everyone else on the eurozone, but got instead crushed by the eu imposing restrictive budgeting measures in the most critical times http://bruegel.org/2014/10/austerity-tales-the-netherlands-and-italy/ http://bruegel.org/2014/10/austerity-tales-the-netherlands-a...
- pjc50 9y agoI agree; this is the real most serious problem with the EU and various parts of the centre-right consensus. The insistence that the books be made to balance regardless of the human cost.