Observations

Every metric above shows just how Italy has suffered as a member of the EU and of the Eurozone in particular. The United Kingdom, in staying out of the Euro and in choosing to leave the EU is flourishing by comparison. Technocratic, unelected governments imposed on Italy from Brussels have hardly helped. This is a tragedy for a country with such rich history.

All the Facts4EU.Org team love Italy and one of us even spent a lot of time working there. Since the United Kingdom’s departure, Italy has become the third-largest country in the EU by population and economic size, and its performance is therefore essential to the bloc’s overall prosperity.

Whilst its economy has essentially flat-lined in real terms since the turn of the century and it faces dire levels of debt, Italy nonetheless has other qualities which endear it to many British people. It has a well-deserved international reputation for its cuisine, fashion, art, musical pedigree, and its overall contribution to western civilisation. Its northern half also contains some of the world’s largest companies, such as Fiat, Generali Group, and ENI.

“Football is a game of two halves”

It was once memorably said that “football is a game of two halves”. Now that so many games seem to involve two further halves of extra time and then penalty shoot-outs, we are not sure this is entirely true, but if it were then the same description could be applied to Italy.

Italy’s northern half is business-like, industrialised, and effectively the wealth generator, whilst the southern half can feel like another world. This is a problem the country has been struggling with for a very long time and we doubt it will change.

As we approach the full-time whistle on this article we will say one thing. Even if Italy wins tomorrow, we will all ultimately get over it. And it will be impossible not to keep on loving the Italians. Fortunately this is not something we need to think about too much, because of course England are going to win…….

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