Caption Competition
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No wonder they are better economically 100bn ! Labour will equal it up
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The PNRR is not a handout, its a loan - which most people ignore. Italy is doing appallingly badly, almost as much as the UK, both economically and politically. A grade one shitshow whichever side of the channel you find yourself.
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It makes me wonder whether the Italians actually deserve this money, but again the EU is right in trying to bring down inequality across the bloc by helping laggards like Italy to stay afloat.
There's a grain of truth in the media misrepresentation of Juncker's words to the Italians: 'work harder, be less corrupt'.
Last edited by daniel_t; Jun 14th 2024 at 5:51 pm.
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Yep - a lot of schools are tapping into the Italian recovery fund (PNRR). This money has been spent on short English language courses of sorts. It's like putting lipstick on a pig - a lot of short-term projects without any long-term structural reform. Their education system will continue to produce school leavers who lag behind those in the UK, Germany or the Netherlands by 3 to 4 years in terms of skills and academic standards. (OECD reports 2021 and 2022)
It makes me wonder whether the Italians actually deserve this money, but again the EU is right in trying to bring down inequality across the bloc by helping laggards like Italy to stay afloat.
There's a grain of truth in the media misrepresentation of Juncker's words to the Italians: 'work harder, be less corrupt'.
It makes me wonder whether the Italians actually deserve this money, but again the EU is right in trying to bring down inequality across the bloc by helping laggards like Italy to stay afloat.
There's a grain of truth in the media misrepresentation of Juncker's words to the Italians: 'work harder, be less corrupt'.
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It is less common than it was, and if they are open later in the evening, then most Italians probably are used to it. We got very used to it as the heat of the day was not the time to be out shopping!
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I respect their tradition - it seems to be the same in most Catholic countries and it works for them. It's their loss and I don't have a problem with that. The real problem for me is inconvenience as things cannot get done over lunch time. People are forced to take time off work (and waste half a day) when they could have used that time doing something productive for their economy.
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Meloni getting her teeth into RAI.
https://youtu.be/o5tQGoac0dI?si=QNY5rnaEHiALgjN9
https://youtu.be/o5tQGoac0dI?si=QNY5rnaEHiALgjN9
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