Italy: 'The rise of populists reflects obvious policy failures and public frustrations that EU and national elites can ill afford to ignore.'
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Italy is a country where the two major EU crises of previous years cross paths: economic malaise and the mounting migration crisis, writes @AChryssogelos
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'The reaction to the political situation in Italy is another misreading of what is at stake.'
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Given the size of its economy, popular dissatisfaction with elites, and urgency of migration crisis, Italy is biggest test yet for this elite tactic of dismissal and diversion – moving the discussion from popular frustration to an often barren debate about ‘future of democracy’.
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As another election looms where Italy’s EU and eurozone membership may well be on the line, the question is whether the EU can realize the stakes in time and engage with the failures at the heart of the current democratic malaise in Europe.
@AChryssogelos https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/eu-must-realize-populism-symptom-real-policy-failure …Show this thread
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