Eurozone ministers line up behind EU in Italy budget dispute Read moreThree things triggered this act of protest in Italy. In the north it was Matteo Salvini’s League, which backed two horses at the same time: the so-called “flat tax” to help out businesses in difficulty; and a tough approach to migrants. Five Star and the League have clear dividing lines – their geographic base, their economic ideas and their social makeup. Five Star accuses the EU of being the root cause of Italy’s economic woes, and the League blames it for having abandoned Italy to the migrant crisis. • Maurizio Molinari is director of Italian daily newspaper La Stampa and the author of Why it happened here – The origins of the Italian populism that has shaken Europe

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2018 06:00 UTC