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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Globalism gone bust: Italians burn EU flag, vow to leave EU over EU's lousy coronavirus response |
| 2020-03-30 |
| [American Thinker] Now that Italy has recorded its 10,000th coronavirus death, a third of the global total, and nearly a thousand just yesterday, Italians are questioning the value of globalism, and more specifically asking what good its European Union membership does it. Sentiment is soaring for getting out and going it alone. Britain did it, why not Italy? Locals are now burning European Union flags, and Italian politicians are ramping up the talk about getting the heck out of the European Union altogether. I suspected this was going to happen during the Italian balcony singing event, noting that most of the songs sung were classical Italian songs, not global pop hits. The horror has since increased in that country and here's what's now going around on Twitter: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 In US terms is probably 6.6B Euros |
| Posted by: Thorong Grundy1520 2020-03-30 18:24 |
| #10 6.6M euros give Italy to EU. But they have Euro market in return. And are heavily in debt. |
| Posted by: Thorong Grundy1520 2020-03-30 18:20 |
| #9 Welcome to reality. The nomenklatura only cares about what helps the nomenklatura. |
| Posted by: magpie 2020-03-30 17:30 |
| #8 Perhaps Soros should go there and protest? I'd chip in for a ticket if George is a little short of liquid cash at the moment. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-03-30 14:26 |
| #7 ^ Perhaps Soros should go there and protest? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-03-30 13:57 |
| #6 Hungary went dictatorship this AM for the duration! Seriously! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2020-03-30 13:32 |
| #5 Daddy, how did the EU collapse? Slowly at first, my child. Then all at once. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-03-30 12:44 |
| #4 I'll believe it when Italy stops sending money to Brussels. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-03-30 10:57 |
| #3 Lets finish the EU first. It's like WWII - Stalin better than Hitler. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-03-30 03:21 |
| #2 ITexit? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-03-30 03:20 |
| #1 Leave the EU only to go hugging Chinamen? Not sure that's an improvement. |
| Posted by: Hupaiting Ulelet8252 2020-03-30 02:57 |