guardian news Italy looks set for fresh elections as it enters third month without government

[umbertino]

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44441386

 

 

Latest news says boat is not going to Valencia, Spain as trip would be too long ( 1,500 kilometers....3 to 5 days) and People on boat are already very tried by the trip so far ( many children on board, women and 7 pregnant women)..There's also shortage of food......Deals still in progress for getting permission to dock at an Italian port

[coorslite21]

Trumps thoughts on Italy..........

 

6:25 p.m.

President Donald Trump says Italy’s new premier is a “really great guy” who will do a “great job” for his country.

Trump tweeted Saturday that he’ll soon honor Giuseppe Conte at the White House.

Conte made his international debut at the Group of Seven summit of leading industrialized nations that wrapped up Saturday in Canada.

Trump met Conte for the first time at the gathering in Quebec.

The president tweeted as he flew from Canada to Singapore for the next big meeting on his schedule, a summit Tuesday with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

Trump added that “the people of Italy got it right!”

 

and I'm sure Trump understands the immigration stance Conte is taking.........

 

Perhaps Italy has the next Trump........."Make Italy Great Again"..........time will tell.........great country, great people........Italy deserves to be in a better place than they are today.........JMO      CL

[umbertino]

 

Your contribution to this thread is appreciated, Coors.....Thanks.....Best.....

[umbertino]

 

12 June

 

Aquarius refugees to endure further voyage to Spain onboard Italian vessels

 

Aid workers welcome Spanish offer to take exhausted migrants but say many need urgent medical help in port

 

 

Tue 12 Jun 2018 12.59 BST

Sam Jones in Madrid, and agencies

 

 

 

 

Migrants onboard the Aquarius in the Mediterranean

Photograph: Kenny Karpov/AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/12/stranded-migrants-aquarius-to-be-taken-to-spain-says-french-charity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Di Maio hits back after Spain, France attack over Aquarius

Gabriel Attal comments to broadcaster on Aquarius crisis

 

Redazione ANSA Paris

12 June 201815:20 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/06/12/italys-stance-on-migrants-sickening-en-marche-rep_388fbcf9-16b0-4a8e-abe4-ede42289ae4c.html

 

[umbertino]

By rejecting a migrant ship, Italian populists are simply following the EU’s lead

 

Human rights and international law had been abandoned in the name of security long before Italy’s votes were counted

 

 

Mon 11 Jun 2018 16.57 BST Last modified on Tue 12 Jun 2018 10.27 BST

By  Daniel Howden

 

 

 

 

Migrants about to board the Aquarius

Photograph: Kenny Karpov/AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/11/italy-migrant-rescue-ship-standoff-aquarius

 

While I deem my Gov't ( which I didn't vote for , nor choose) behavior very debatable ( for a lot of reasons....too right-wing  for me to begin with ...But I bow to the will of my fellow Italian voters....Democracy...sigh)....

 

I must add that Spain ( which I do thank whole-heartedly  for accepting the migrants...at least this time...) and France shouldn't talk about inhumane acting on Italy's part for the simple reason they have done and keep doing unmentionable things when it comes to that....Too many stories and episodes  which makes it difficult for me to report here now.....

 

Again...I do not condone, nor support, nor agree with this here It. Gov't...

 

 

But Truth be told....France and Spain should just keep their (big) mouth shut

Edited June 12, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

 

Talk about "INHUMANE"....Please Spain and France....Check yourselves first....Thanks

 

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-crisis-migrants-ceuta-fence-climb-hundreds-mass-spain-mediterranean-record-deaths-a7586436.html

 

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/general/2007/11/2008525183732945911.html

 

 

http://www.6degreesto.com/article/attitudes-toward-refugees-immigrants-identity-france-common/

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/datablog/2015/jan/08/french-public-opinion-charlie-hebdo-attacks

 

 

https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/24805/disputes-over-migrants-along-the-italy-france-border-expose-ongoing-eu-policy-gaps

 

 

https://www.rt.com/news/422882-france-turin-migrant-raid/

https://www.vox.com/world/2017/1/6/14191902/french-farmer-jail-immigrants-cedric-herrou

 

 

 

Many more stories......This is just the tip of the iceberg....

 

 

Again...They can act whichever way they want to .....as long as they do not give us a hard time with accusations etc.....

[umbertino]

 

Of course the core of the issue here is the need to re-write some of the EU rules when it comes to immigration.....It's simply UN-ACCETTABLE that some Countries ( which do receive money from the EU....eg...Hungary)  will always  refuse  getting a migrants quota as a matter of (their) principle, while some other Countries  (Italy first) must be the almost only receiving Countries of the masses of ( desperate) Individuals of those crossing the Mediterranean in search of a better life and / or as asylum seekers .....just due to our geographical location...Italy's borders should be deemed as European Union borders.....All of that done with humanity etc. obviously...Distinguishing between asylum seekers, economic migrants, minors travelling alone, etc.....ALWAYS  preserving human life with constant & efficient sea rescue, etc....Obviously.....

 

 

If some EU Countries still refuse to do that ( accepting a  quota) ...I say kick them out of EU and force them to give back all  the Millions EU gave them till now.....Or else it's just too easy ( and coward) to act that way....JMHO

[umbertino]

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/22/italy-feels-heat-europe-slams-door-on-migrants

 

 

https://www.politico.eu/article/italian-foreign-minister-weve-been-abandoned-by-europe-on-refugee-crisis/

 

 

https://www.politico.eu/article/is-eu-migration-getting-out-of-control/

 

 

http://www.startribune.com/e-u-did-extremists-a-favor-by-abandoning-italy-on-immigration/473649123/

 

 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36080216

 

 

 

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/02/07/italy-migration-crisis-clear-threat-eu-unity/

 

 

 

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/06/the-invasion-of-italy/

 

 

 

Moral of story...EU has left us alone on immigration , more or less....Until now....Let's see what happens next

 

[umbertino]

 13 June

 

Italy summons French ambassador in row over migrant rescue boat

 

French ambassador summoned after Macron decries Italy blocking Aquarius from its ports

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome, Sam Jones in Madrid and agencies

Wed 13 Jun 2018 12.32 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/13/italy-hits-back-at-french-criticism-over-turning-away-migrants-ship-aquarius

 

 

 

Spanish minister attacks 'ostrich politics' in row over rescued migrants

 

Josep Borrell says invitation for Aquarius to dock in Valencia is a symbolic act

 

 

Tue 12 Jun 2018 20.04 BST

Sam Jones in Madrid and agencies

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/12/stranded-migrants-aquarius-to-be-taken-to-spain-says-french-charity

 

 

 

 

 

The EU v Italy’s new government: which will blink first?

 

Populist parties’ ambitious fiscal plans have put them on a collision course with Brussels

 

 

Wed 13 Jun 2018 13.30 BST First published on Wed 13 Jun 2018 07.00 BST

Barry Eichengreen

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/13/eu-italy-government-fiscal-plans-brussels

 

 

 

 

 

'It’s like coming back to life': Italian MP reveals her face to public for first time

 

Exclusive: Piera Aiello, who had to run for office anonymously due to mafia threats, poses for pictures for first time since 1993

 

 

Wed 13 Jun 2018 10.59 BST

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/13/italian-mp-piera-aiello-mafia-threat-reveals-her-face-for-first-time

[caz1104]

14 minutes ago, umbertino said:

 13 June

 

Italy summons French ambassador in row over migrant rescue boat

 

French ambassador summoned after Macron decries Italy blocking Aquarius from its ports

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome, Sam Jones in Madrid and agencies

Wed 13 Jun 2018 12.32 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/13/italy-hits-back-at-french-criticism-over-turning-away-migrants-ship-aquarius

 

 

 

Spanish minister attacks 'ostrich politics' in row over rescued migrants

 

Josep Borrell says invitation for Aquarius to dock in Valencia is a symbolic act

 

 

Tue 12 Jun 2018 20.04 BST

Sam Jones in Madrid and agencies

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/12/stranded-migrants-aquarius-to-be-taken-to-spain-says-french-charity

 

 

 

 

 

The EU v Italy’s new government: which will blink first?

 

Populist parties’ ambitious fiscal plans have put them on a collision course with Brussels

 

 

Wed 13 Jun 2018 13.30 BST First published on Wed 13 Jun 2018 07.00 BST

Barry Eichengreen

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/13/eu-italy-government-fiscal-plans-brussels

 

 

 

 

 

'It’s like coming back to life': Italian MP reveals her face to public for first time

 

Exclusive: Piera Aiello, who had to run for office anonymously due to mafia threats, poses for pictures for first time since 1993

 

 

Wed 13 Jun 2018 10.59 BST

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/13/italian-mp-piera-aiello-mafia-threat-reveals-her-face-for-first-time

"Italian MP reveals her face to public for 1st time" So Italians voted for someone they had never seen before....LOL now that's telling. Whats next...finding out Aiello  isn't a real person? LOL priceless

Edited June 13, 2018 by caz1104

[umbertino]

5 hours ago, caz1104 said:

"Italian MP reveals her face to public for 1st time" So Italians voted for someone they had never seen before....LOL now that's telling. Whats next...finding out Aiello  isn't a real person? LOL priceless

 

No....Probably my fault...I should have tried to tell the story more clearly or  give more links useful to the comprehension of the whole thing

 

 

http://nationalpost.com/news/world/italian-mob-informant-was-elected-to-parliament-but-voters-have-never-seen-her-face

 

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5464635/Widow-mafia-victim-elected-Italian-parliament.html

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/02/italy-m5s-piera-aiello-anti-mafia-witness-stands-for-election

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 13, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

EU migration row boils over as Italy and France trade insults

 

Austria calls for ‘axis of the willing’ to take action, and rifts widen in German coalition

 

Jon Henley, Angela Giuffrida and Kate Connolly

Wed 13 Jun 2018 17.49 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/13/italy-france-trade-insults-migration-row-boils-over

[umbertino]

 

14 June

 

Migrants and refugees stranded on US Navy ship; Grandi, Aquarius incident “shameful”, Italy is right to call for more sharing

 

GENEVA, JUNE 14

 

 

 

 

http://www.onuitalia.com/2018/06/14/migrants-and-refugees-stranded-on-us-navy-ship-grandi-aquarius-incident-shameful-italy-is-right-to-call-for-more-sharing/

 

[umbertino]

 

15 June

 

Matteo Salvini: from far-right fringe player to strongman leader

 

Migrant standoff has bolstered interior minister’s profile, leaving him unofficially playing PM’s role

 

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome

Fri 15 Jun 2018 12.15 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/15/matteo-salvini-from-far-right-fringe-player-to-strongman-leader

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

umb's note: Here's the proof of how our Minister of Interior Affairs ( Matteo Salvini of far-right party League)  is "peculiar" ( He thinks he's so smart and awesome and a sort of Superman...)...

But why  am I surprised?  Fascists will be fascists....

Also bizarre the fact that our PM Mr. Conte (practically INVISIBLE so far and totally VOICELESS...And he's our Prime Minister....Bah....)....doesn't have a say , apparently, in all of this mess......Unbelievable

 

Here below is the (wonderful?) result....And that's going to occur again and again.....Hmmm.....

 

Migrants Are Stranded on a U.S. Warship With Nowhere to Go

A U.S. Navy warship did the right thing. It saved the lives of dozens of people drowning off the coast of Libya. But what does it do with these people who have suffered so much?

 

Barbie Latza Nadeau

06.14.18 5:32 AM ET

 

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/migrants-are-stranded-on-a-us-warship-with-nowhere-to-go

 

 

 

You know.........

Edited June 15, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

 

Forgot to mention that one of his best friends ( at a political level) is  Viktor Orban of Hungary (another Fascist)

 

Probably Mr. Salvini is kinda bi-polar in that he states vehemently  that other EU states should take quotas of all the migrants disembarked on Italian shores ( agreed, makes sense...Ok)...And on the other hand he makes alliances with Individuals like Mr. Orban who wowed several times He won't take  one single migrant....Is that weirdo or not ( esp. for a Minister of Interior Affairs)?

Edited June 15, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Italy, France call for EU migrant centres in countries of origin

 

Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday called for the European Union to set up centres to process migrant asylum claims in their home countries, a proposal backed by French President Emmanuel Macron

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

15 June 2018

16:35 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

Italian PM Giuseppe Conte

Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180615/italy-france-call-for-eu-migrant-centres-in-countries-of-origin

 

 

 

 

 

Macron meets Italy PM as migrant crisis splits Europe

 

French President Emmanuel Macron met Italy's new premier Giuseppe Conte on Friday to try to patch up relations after sparks flew between the two countries over Rome's rejection of a migrant rescue ship

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

15 June 2018

08:09 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180615/migrant-tensions-on-the-menu-as-macron-meets-italian-leader

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rejected migrant ship is 'symbol of EU's failure'

 

A rescue ship with 629 migrants on board that is on its way to Spain has become a "symbol of the failure of the European Union," the head of the Spanish branch of Doctors without Borders (MSF) which helps operate the vessel said on Thursday

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

15 June 2018

10:23 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180615/rejected-migrant-ship-is-symbol-of-eus-failure

 

 

 

 

 

Salvini says Aquarius migrant ship on a 'cruise'

 

Italy's far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini suggested Thursday that hundreds of migrants aboard a rescue convoy heading for Spain were on a "cruise", as an NGO condemned their plight as a symbol of the failure of the EU

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

15 June 2018

08:56 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180615/italys-far-right-salvini-says-aquarius-migrant-ship-on-a-cruise

 

 

No comment other than he's certainly NOT my Interior Affairs Minister

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian coastguard reroutes Aquarius migrant ship to coast of Sardinia

 

Amid rough seas, the Italian coastguard redirected the Aquarius rescue ship on Thursday along the east coast of Sardinia

 

 

The Local

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

14 June 2018

15:04 CEST+02:00

 

Rescued people onboard the Italian coastguard boat that is accompanying the Aquarius.Photo: Lauren King/Médecins sans Frontières/AFP

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180614/italian-coastguard-redirects-aquarius-migrant-ship-sardinia

 

[caz1104]

On ‎6‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 10:10 AM, umbertino said:

 

14 June

 

Migrants and refugees stranded on US Navy ship; Grandi, Aquarius incident “shameful”, Italy is right to call for more sharing

 

GENEVA, JUNE 14

 

 

 

 

http://www.onuitalia.com/2018/06/14/migrants-and-refugees-stranded-on-us-navy-ship-grandi-aquarius-incident-shameful-italy-is-right-to-call-for-more-sharing/

 

I agree let Italy have them.....sharing. How long of a tunnel would it take for Mexican Illegals to build to get to Italy?

Edited June 15, 2018 by caz1104

[umbertino]

11 minutes ago, caz1104 said:

I agree let Italy have them.....sharing. How long of a tunnel would it take for Mexican Illegals to build to get to Italy?

 

 

Will get informed and  get back to you.....

[umbertino]

Italy's Salvini bans two more migrant rescue boats

 

Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Saturday warned another migrant rescue mission off the Libyan coast that it would not be allowed to land its "human cargo" at an Italian port

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

16 June 2018

15:12 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180616/italys-salbini-tells-second-rescue-boat-it-is-not-welcome

 

 

 

 

In 'Calais of Italy' tension soars over migrant crisis

 

Emmanuel Macron is not a welcome guest in the Italian border town of Ventimiglia, a flashpoint in Europe's migration crisis

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

16 June 2018

00:06 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180616/in-calais-of-italy-tension-soars-over-migrant-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

Over 25 percent of young Italians not in work, education or training

 

Some 25.7 percent of young Italians were neither in employment, education or training in 2017, according to figures from Eurostat

 

 

The Local

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

15 June 2018

15:20 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180615/over-25-of-young-italians-not-in-work-education-or-training

 

 

 

 

 

Rome mayor blocks plan to name street after fascist leader (umb's comment: good)

 

Rome mayor Virginia Raggi is seeking to block a plan to name a street in the capital after Giorgio Almirante, the founder of the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement (MSI)

 

 

The Local

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

15 June 2018

11:12 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180615/rome-mayor-blocks-plan-to-name-street-after-fascist-leader

 

 

 

 

 

Trump praises Conte as 'very strong' on immigration

 

US President Donald Trump on Friday hailed Italy's novice prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, as "very strong" on immigration, days after the European nation rejected a ship loaded with migrants

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

15 June 2018

23:59 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180615/trump-praises-conte-as-very-strong-on-immigration

 

 

 

 

 

In the meantime.......What happened with the USS Trenton and  the 42 migrants who were saved?

 

42 migrants saved by US Navy to land in Italy

Coast guard vessel will take them south of  Italian island Lampedusa Sunday

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

15 June 201818:19 News

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/06/15/42-migrants-saved-by-us-navy-to-land-in-italy-3_60368fec-095d-4e7a-a3c2-4ee5acff8cdc.html

[umbertino]

US Navy ship to hand 40 migrants over to Italy

By Associated Press | 

Updated: Fri 2:00 PM, Jun 15, 2018

 

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the flow of migrants to Europe (all times local):

7:50 p.m.

 

 

http://www.cbs7.com/content/news/US-Navy-ship-to-hand-40-migrants-over-to-Italy-485690881.html

 

[umbertino]

Italy bars two more refugee ships from ports

 

Matteo Salvini says Lifeline and Seefuchs ships will have to land migrants elsewhere

 

Chris Stephen

Sat 16 Jun 2018 15.39 BST Last modified on Sat 16 Jun 2018 15.41 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/16/italy-bars-two-more-refugee-ships-from-ports

[umbertino]

Aquarius refusal was betrayal of European values, says charity boss

 

IFRC chief says migration is ‘a situation to manage humanely’ rather than a crisis to solve

 

 

Sun 17 Jun 2018 14.57 BST

Sam Jones in Valencia

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/17/aquarius-refusal-was-betrayal-of-european-values-says-charity-boss

 

 

 

 

 

Salvini meets Cardinal Burke, staunch critic of Pope Francis

 

Far-right League party leader and pro-Trump American have amicable meeting

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome

Sun 17 Jun 2018 14.14 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/17/matteo-salvini-cardinal-burke-critic-of-pope-francis

 

 

 

 

 

Aquarius migrants arrive in Spain after rough week at sea

 

Red Cross stands ready as rescue ship docks in Valencia

 

 

Sun 17 Jun 2018 10.27 BST

Sam Jones in Valencia

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/17/migrant-rescue-ship-aquarius-to-dock-in-spain-after-rough-week-at-sea

 

 

 

 

 

Between Italy’s cliffs and sea, migrants bid to outwit police

 

In the border town of Ventimiglia 500 people are determined to make their way to France

 

Angela Giuffrida

Sun 17 Jun 2018 09.21 BST Last modified on Sun 17 Jun 2018 09.25 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/17/italy-ventimiglia-migrants-stuck-at-border-crisis-suffering

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Italy to compile 'register' of Roma people (Gypsies): Matteo Salvini

 

Italian authorities are to carry out a census of Roma people with a view to deporting those without papers, according to new Interior Minister Matteo Salvini

 

 

The Local

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

18 June 2018

15:10 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

A woman at a Roma encampment outside Rome. Photo: Christophe Simon/AFP

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180618/italy-register-census-roma-people-matteo-salvini

 

 

 

Many Roma People are Italian Citizens and therefore cannot be deported.......To begin with.....

 

 

 

Edited June 18, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

 

Looks like in this Country of mine.....  We're now just an inch away ( if things keep going like this) from racial laws (of nazi-fascist memory)

 

 

 

Hmmm......

[umbertino]

 

Italy’s war on migrants makes me fear for my country’s future

 

A wave of hatred has been whipped up, threatening the civil rights of all of us

 

Tue 19 Jun 2018 06.00 BST

By Roberto Saviano (Italian Writer)

 

 

Illustration: Ben Jennings

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/19/italy-war-migrants-fear-civil-rights