The new government’s programme is the first coherent example in Europe of what I’ve called “neoliberalism in one country”.
A citizens’ basic income of €780 a month, a fiscal stimulus, a national investment bank and a defiant middle finger to the European Commission should it dare stand in the way. There is a lot in the coalition agreement of the new Italian government for the left to like. But it comes laden with racism, nationalism, a commitment to conservative “family values” – and the promise of a war on undocumented migrants and the Roma community.
Above all, the economic programme …read more
Source: New Statesman
