Il Bel Paese visto da fuori

“At least one in every four agricultural workers in Europe is a migrant. The Mafia-led exploitation of irregular migrants is rife in Italy, where it is called caporalato.” Fonte: Politico Autore: Leonie Cater Link: Italy’s labor minister vows to step up fight against migrant worker exploitation

“What is Giorgia Meloni? If you believe in the importance of economic stability and the core values of democracy, is she an asset or a threat?” Fonte: Bloomberg Autore: Marc Champion Link: Italy’s Meloni Deserves Respect, Until She Doesn’t 

“The exploitation of farmhands – Italian and migrant – in Italy is a well-known issue. Thousands of people work in fields, vineyards and greenhouses dotted across the country, often without contracts and in highly dangerous conditions.” Fonte: BBC Autore: Laura Gozzi Link: Farm labourer dies in Italy after arm severed by machine

“Elections have shifted Europe’s centre of gravity to the right,” Meloni said on Wednesday. “I think that in the current parliament we will see that step-change in the way we approach certain policies.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Amy Kazmin, Andy Bounds and Henry Foy Link: Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right European group claims a top EU job

“But the reform has exposed a deep wound in Italy’s national psyche, dividing the prosperous North, which will benefit from the changes, from the historically deprived South. Dating back to the country’s unification in 1861, when the Northern Piedmontese annexed the Southern Bourbon kingdom, it is a split that has never truly healed.” Fonte: Politico […]

“Italy’s influential agribusiness lobby Coldiretti has hailed the ban and says the government must invest in irrigation rather than allow private developers to use marginal drylands for solar parks.” Fonte: Financial Times Autore: Amy Kazmin Link: Giorgia Meloni puts brakes on Italy’s solar energy rollout

“According to four officials, a Commission investigation highlights a clampdown on free media in Italy since far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took office in 2022. The annual report assessing how EU countries respect the rule of law was expected to be approved on July 3 but would be delayed until the new Commission president is […]

“Despite being isolated, Meloni largely got her way on both issues, using Italy’s position as rotating president of the wealthy nation club to lead the negotiations where it wanted, diplomats who followed the discussions told Reuters.” Fonte: Reuters Autore: Crispian Balmer Link: Italy’s Meloni shows her arch-conservative credentials at G7 summit

“Once upon a time the G-7 included the likes of Reagan, Thatcher, Kohl, Nakasone, Mulroney, Mitterrand, and whoever was the Italian Prime Minister that year. Now Italy’s Giorgia Meloni is a relative giant amid the current political dwarfs.” Fonte: The Wall Street Journal Autore: The Editorial Board Link: The G-7 Dwarfs, and Giorgia Meloni

“The rise of the right makes it harder for Europe to deal with its real migration crisis: the need for foreign workers. Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has so far managed to square that circle by distracting from large-scale immigration with performative hostility to asylum-seekers. But for the UK’s Tory party, deservedly about to face […]