This blog has always avoided polemics but I will make a rare exception. Italy is undergoing it's greatest crisis in containing the Corona virus epidemic and while draconian measures are taking place, the European Union of which Italy is an original charter member (the original Common Market was the result of the treaty of Rome of 1957) has turned it's back. The French are gloating and the Germans see this as another way to take over Europe. The Austrians have blocked the Brenner Pass in complete violation of EU rules. When Paris was attacked all social media stood with France and Paris. To the great shame of it no one has yet stood with Italy, no one cares. Italy will survive in spite of it's isolation because it has the most creative people in the world. I hope that after this is over Italy would leave the UE because it's a worthless institution full of control freak bureaucrats who issue ridiculous regulations and are unable to raise to the challenge in any emergency. It is shameful.
