Well Italy now has a new government -- The new prime minister Giuseppe Conte is now the leader of the Five stars and the far right League, although some of their policies seem to be from the far left. First off, the "draft" memorandum of union agreement between 5 stars and the League had a "Kill the Euro", "Get out of EU" provision that was scrapped in the final version (remember that for later). The final agreement between the two parties referred to target economic growth via additional state spending, to re-start eh Italian economy. What are Italy's biggest problems: (a) High labor costs, (b) excessive red tape, (c) banks that acknowledged nearly 14% of Non Performing Loans, and (d) a toxic, crony-driven political system. The fault of the high total wages is due to hard unions, truly, but they are also due to Italy, like most European countries entering the Euro at too high an exchange rate (exactly the opposite of what Germany did...)...
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