First Catalonia in Spain; Now Venice Wants to Leave Italy!

As I have written about and predicted for years, EU bureaucrats’ attempts to consolidate and federalize all of the Continent will not only prove unsuccessful, it will ultimately lead to increased decentralization as individual countries themselves are likely to fragment.  We have been seeing signs of this in Catalonia recently, which I addressed in my article: Forget the Euro…Will Spain Ultimately Break Up?

Now it seems an independence movement is picking up pace in Venice to break apart from Italy!  The following excerpts from The UK Telegraph’s recent article on the matter make the key points:

Recent surveys show widespread support for independence among Venetians, who speak a distinct dialect and feel geographically and culturally distant from Rome.

A poll conducted by Corriere della Sera in September found that 80 per cent were in favour of independence.

A more recent poll by Il Gazzettino, a local newspaper, found a slightly lower but still overwhelming level of support – 70 per cent.

“The economic situation here is really desperate, with the recession hitting small and medium-sized businesses. Meanwhile of the 70 billion euros we pay in taxes to Rome, we get back about 50 billion euros, directly and indirectly. We are losing out on 20 billion euros a year,” said Prof Pizzati.

But the euro is irreversible. Got it.

Full Telegraph article here.

In Liberty,
Mike

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