ITALY, THE EUROPEAN VOTE AND MARK TWAIN
Within only few days the Italians, like many other Europeans, will line up before the ballot boxes and choose their representatives to be sent to the EU Parliament. The media machine is blending brains on behalf of the sitting establishment in Brussels and on behalf of the remnants of the Partito Democratico, as if the solution of Italian past 20 miserables years would be "more Europe". That is by the way also the name ( + Europa ) given to one of the Leftist parties led by former Minister of Foreign Affairs Emma Bonino, indeed a good fellow of George Soros. But many Italians lost confidence in social democracy and their story tellers, turning either towards populist Five Stars Movement, or towards sovereign Lega. The last one has been polled topping 35%, doubling its support since the national vote on March 2018. That shocking result unleashed a sneaky war against Lega's Secretary, Minister of Home Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, now under attack fr...