MSC Cruises: incredible discounts for your holidays

MSC Cruises gives you the opportunity to disconnect from the daily routine and give yourself a dream vacation at an affordable price with the “Out of Office” Deal.

The “Out of Office“package is specifically designed to encourage workers to leave their desks and spend unforgettable days with their family visiting the most beautiful destinations in the Mediterranean.

With less than £ 74 per person per night, MSC Cruises offers excellent onboard service including the premium drinks package.

To receive the discount just book an MSC “Fantastica Experience” Cruise, choose the period and the itinerary, and prepare your deserved relax.

Among the different services on board, are included:

1. 24-hour room service (delivery is free) with breakfast in the cabin (delivery + free breakfast).
2. Buffet available 20 hours a day (gourmet menu for any time of the day)

3. Priority choice of catering  in gourmet restaurants. In fact, with a “Fantastic Experience” on the ships MSC Opera, MSC Lirica, MSC Sinfonia and MSC Armonia you can dine in the restaurants with flexible meals option “My choice”. The dishes available cover a wide range of cultures and recipes including the real made in Italy for those tied to their traditions.

4. You will also find a swimming pool area and you can do your exercises in gyms with panoramic views.

5. If you travel with the rest of the family, your children can have fun at the Kids Club, where the on-board staff will play new language learning games and small “Doremi Chef” cooking sessions.

The Out of Office offer is available until March 2020, so if you don’t want to miss the opportunity to spend an unforgettable holiday at this incredible price, hurry up and book a “Fantastic Experience” on www.msccruises.co.uk and sign up to the newsletter to be always updated.

OCEAN CAY, MSC Cruises’ Caribbean island

Ocean Cay is a private paradise in the heart of the Bahamas. This pearl of the Atlantic Ocean owned by MSC was obtained from a former industrial site and, after being completely restored, has become a real dream destination.

Not only tourist offer characterize this tropical paradise.  MSC Cruises has in fact, in line with its sustainable philosophy, developed a project to create a positive and long-term impact  on the environment and on the Bahamas community, using materials and local suppliers and hiring local staff.

Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve was a unique project that required three years of work to reclaim and transform the island, making it today possible to offer the best possible experience to cruise passengers.

During the reclamation process 7,500 tons of metal waste were removed and a team of expert and marine biologists carefully removed individual colonies of hard coral from the debris at sea, transferring them to more suitable and uncontaminated seabed.

An innovative naturalistic program involved the island, having taken actions to promote an environment with high biodiversity and sustainable impact, and having planted more than 75,000 plants and shrubs throughout the island. is to offer its customers a complete tourist offer in full contact with nature.

Once arrived on this exclusive paradise on earth, guests can admire breathtaking views, infinite blue shades of the sea, white beaches and unspoiled nature.

 

Also available to guests is a planning of exceptional activities: from snorkeling to the vision of great timeless classic movies on maxi screens under the starry Caribbean sky, from paddle boarding or kayaking in the crystal clear sea to naturalistic excursions. Those who want can also enjoy a magnificent spa treatment or relax in a private cabana on the beach.

The island has seven white sand beaches for a total of two kilometers; each with its own particular characteristics will allow guests to try all the experiences of seaside tourism. Around the island there are 64 square miles of protected waters along which a coral nursery is being created.

The iconic 30-meter lighthouse host a bar and a terrace, and among the dining options there are the Sneakers Food Court, a rich buffet restaurant with international dishes, or the Ice Cream Parlor, a few steps from the beach.

ERIKA BEZZO – A coach for expats

by Stefania Del Monte

Erika Bezzo, owner of ChangeXperience, is a strategic and intercultural coach with ICF (International Coach Federation) certification, specialised in helping those who leave their home country to start a new adventure abroad. Her thirteen years of experience as manager in marketing and communication led her to live and work in Italy, Germany, France and Spain. She holds coaching sessions in Italian, Spanish, French, German and English and has just launched a new version of her website, now available in English, Spanish and Italian. We met her to learn more about her role and understand how she can help expats in their transition.

Erika, what is, exactly, the role of a coach?

Imagine having a nightmare while sleeping. You are trapped in a reality from which you cannot get out, you are sick, you are looking for a solution but you cannot find it. The malaise grows, you run, you struggle in an attempt to put an end to that anguished situation, but nothing, you cannot do it. Suddenly someone wakes you up and you are in a new reality, which allows you to observe from the outside, from a new perspective, the “nightmare reality” that seemed to you to be dead end. The Coach is the one who “wakes you up”, leading you to explore reality from a new perspective, from which you discover paths and solutions that were previously not visible. And it accompanies you on this journey of discovery until you reach the goal.

How do you carry out your business?

With my private customers, who live almost everywhere in the world: the sessions are mainly online. With companies, I generally go to the client, for individual and group training and/or coaching.

How much did your previous work experience help you to become a coach and professional trainer?

My experience in the company has been fundamental. When your customers are managers, entrepreneurs, freelancers or employees who every day have to deal with an organisational structure, hierarchical relationships, power games … having lived the company life allows you to understand closely what they are talking about.

Did the fact of having lived in different countries help you?

Moving on average every three years leads you to experience continuous and constant change exponentially. Expatriation is the only event in life that leads you to face so many challenges and changes simultaneously: work, language, country, culture, friends, colleagues. In my case, the first transfer also coincided with my wedding. Expat life is an experience as exciting as it is destabilising: when I help my customers in the transition, I know exactly what they are experiencing because I have tried it on my skin, several times. And they feel it. Once, a French manager of a large German multinational said to me: “I chose you as a coach because you are a woman, a foreigner; you know what it means to work in this country (ed. Germany) and you speak my language”.

How did you deal with the inevitable changes that accompany every move?

The first time, with the blissful unconsciousness of a 27-year-old girl. Later, with greater awareness, great curiosity, desire to discover and learn new languages ​​and new cultures, but also with organisation, determination and stubbornness.

What did you take with you from the places where you lived?

From Germany the essentiality of the content, from France the value of the form, from Spain the value of lightness, in the positive sense of the term. The Spaniards have the great advantage of knowing how to smile even in difficulties; it is a great force.

And what about Italy?

I lived in Italy till the age of 27. This is the place where I developed my core identity. From my home country I take a lot of cultural peculiarities, but probably the most distinctive one is the art of getting by.

One of the most important aspects of your work is the intercultural one. What pushed you in this direction?

As soon as you arrive in a new country, you don’t know its culture, values, customs. You therefore continue to behave as you would in your country of origin. Misunderstandings arise that generate anger and frustration. If someone gives you the keys to interpret the behaviour of others in the host country, your ability to adapt to the new cultural context is much faster. The desire to help people feel comfortable and quickly find their new balance is what prompted me to put at the service of others what I have learned in recent years as an expat, in addition to my intercultural studies.

In 2014 you founded Italia Altrove. What is the purpose of the association?

I could no longer hear: “Ah, are you Italian? Pizza, mafia and mandolin …”. Pride and the desire to promote the best of the country had me started, to communicate a different image of Italy. The Association, through art, literature, music, theatre and Italian talent in general, aims to export one of the best versions of our country.

What kind of activities do you organise?

Among things, we invite contemporary Italian authors to present their books, organise musical and theatrical events, have a reading club that meets monthly to discuss a book by a contemporary Italian author.

Can you reconcile all these commitments and get some space for your free time? What are your interests?

Well, family is a priority. After the birth of my second daughter, I left the corporate world and moved on to the freelance profession in order to manage my time in a more flexible way. Like everyone, I am constantly looking for the right balance between private and professional life: I apply the techniques I use with my clients first of all to myself. When I am travelling, I am away even for a whole week, but when I am at home I try to be very present. Much of my free time is dedicated to volunteering through Italia Altrove. The rest I dedicate to reading (I am a compulsive reader) and to sport. My two hours of pilates a week are essential. When I was in Germany, in addition to pilates, I was jogging in the woods near my home. Since I am in Madrid I have not yet managed to resume this routine in a stable way, I miss both the woods and my jogging companions, but I am working on it. This is also part of the constant adaptation of expat life!

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Discovering Eton College

London, Maria Vittoria Bognetti

Eton College was born in 1440 from by King Henry VI who desired to found an institution that would shape and educate the next british ruling class in the English Language, aiming at creating a natural ‘bridge’ between high school and university education level. It started as a charity school which provided free education for seventy poor boys in Windsor, Berkshire, who then continued their scholastic career in the exclusive 70 colleges between Oxford and Cambridge, leading universities in the world.

For the first time, Eton College opened his doors to an Italian production team, London One Radio, allowing us to perceive the unicity and the peculiarities of this institution in its whole beauty. Dr. Marco Liviero has been the voice who guided such tour in the numerous rooms of the college, by providing insights on what distinguishes them from other boarding schools. He explains that Eton College was love at first sight: he visited the school during an academic trip, and already passionate about the British culture, theatre and Shakespeare, he pictured himself in this institution. A dream that came reality as, for the past 19 years, he has been the Professor of English Literature at Eton College.


Eton is not like any other boarding schools, students are developed in toto. As Dr. Marco Liviero explains, “Excelling in school is not enough. Being passionate is an essential quality, and what is mot important is to be willing to invest effort and time in these”. The academic part is indeed just a small component of the education that student receive from Eton: they develop their passions, initiative spirit, and sense of responsibility through the many extracurricular activities from sport, to music and theatre.

The Farrer theatre, the creative heart of Eton College, is one of the most magical places in the boarding school. And the very essence of theatre allows Eton students to grow as human beings, touching the many spheres of an inclusive development: it allows to “understand who you are and who you can become”, key elements in the receipt to disclose the full potential of each student. It is not surprise that many brilliant actors passed from here, from Hugh Laurie, the Dr. House protagonist, to Eddie Radmayne, who recently won the oscar for his interpretation of Stephen Hawking in the Theory of Everything.

Eton’s traditions have been lasting for more than six centuries, and it is the combination of such solid and extraordinary background, academic excellence and a constant innovation that allows this school to be the most prestigious boarding school in the United Kingdom, if not the world.

“The school master’s skill is understanding the different talents of each pupils”, a quote by Quasiliano, found in a fresco in the Head Master Chamber, the office of the Head Master in XIII century, well embraces and expresses the spirit of this brilliant institution.

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR – Interview to Ted Neeley

by Stefania Del Monte

Jesus Christ Superstar is a unique story in the musical theatre scene. The famous work by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice does not suffer from the signs of time; indeed, it is attracting a constantly increasing number of spectators: over 300 thousand those who, only between 2014 and 2016, in Italy and Europe have chosen to see the production by Peep Arrow.

And if, after so many successes, this show continues to excite both the public and the critics, the credit goes to the great artistic and productive work of Massimo Romeo Piparo and his team, who were able to transport the driving force of a universal story with skill on the scene, but also and above all the unquestionable artistic excellence of the cast, first of all Ted Neeley, protagonist of the historical Norman Jewison film of 1973, which gave an indelible mark to the role of Jesus.

It is he, the legendary and timeless Ted Neeley, who tells us about this incredible experience, and more.

Life b.C.: Your career as a singer started back in the 1960s, after moving from Texas to New York.  How did you go from your debut to becoming Jesus Christ?

Before my journey in New York began, while I happily sang and played drums in our Rock’n’Roll Band from Texas, I was chosen for my first professional theatre experience to play Claude Hooper Bukowski in the amazing Rock Musical, “HAIR” in Hollywood. Then came “Superstar” on Broadway, then The Who’s “TOMMY” in Hollywood, then “Superstar” in Hollywood and then came the Norman Jewison production of the first Rock Opera to be made into a feature film, “Jesus Christ Superstar”!

After performing Jesus over 5,000 times in the last 46 years, you declared in an interview “you would love to be able to do this show another 2,000 years”. What drives you after all this time?

Everything within the success of Jesus Christ Superstar exists because Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice had the courage and unique collaborative talent to create this adaptation of the last 7 days in the life of the Man called Jesus of Nazareth, as seen through the eyes of his friends and his adversaries. And they composed it as a modern day Rock Opera. I am inspired by every heartfelt moment that lives within the powerful music and lyrics we all sing together during each performance. It is always uplifting, always new.

Is there a particular performance that you will never forget or that you consider as your best ever? 

As I stated above, by adapting the 2,000 year old celebration of the Man called Jesus of Nazareth into this modern day Rock Opera, Andrew and Tim created a new, everlasting source for new generations to appreciate the loving, heartfelt, spiritual experience within this celebration of music. For I feel this every night. So, each performance is unforgettable. Therefore, it becomes the best ever.

You starred in the movie JCS in 1973 and in all major JCS musicals since 1971. Each experience must have been different. What aspects of the current Italian production led you to accept the role in the first place?

The renowned Italian theatrical producer, director Massimo Romeo Piparo invited me to take part in his 20th Anniversary Celebration of Jesus Christ Superstar being presented in Italy. “What? You do this Rock Opera in Rome? Are you kidding me?” Of course, I accepted his invitation immediately! And as we began rehearsals for this presentation, I loved every aspect of his concept for this remarkable Italian production.

Career-wise, do you have any unfulfilled dreams?

There are always multiple projects being done at the same time and I am aware of many I definitely would have pursued the chance of being included as one of the collaborators. Yet, when you have already been given the unique artistic gift of participating within this magnificent event, you find you are no longer in the process of thinking about what could be out there on the horizon. You are focusing solely upon what is right, here right now. I began living my dreams during the first experience we discovered together, as we all shared the deeply moving passion living within this emotional Rock Opera.

What sort of challenges, a performer who is moving the first steps in his career now, would be facing? Would it be easier or more difficult to emerge, today?

Pursuing a career in the entertainment industry has never been easy. However, it is the extreme competition that becomes the greatest obstacle we face, no matter what profession we may choose. Therefore, we must accept and be completely prepared to face all of the competition, to rise above all obstacles and without question. We must always believe unconditionally in ourselves and respectfully pursue our purpose in life. We must be absolutely be prepared to achieve our goal. As in the Olympics, it is always the person who works the most diligently in preparation who wins the gold medal.

Who is Ted Neeley in real life? What do you like and how do you like to spend your free time?

I love my family. I love spending all of the time together with them whenever is possible, doing anything. I love my friends, animals, especially dogs, movies, live theatre, live concerts, sports and seeing and laughing with comedians.

I love seeing the sun rise and set, seeing the moon rise and smile, and I love seeing the remarkable cloud formations high above or directly touching the mountains, while they change the flow of sunlight over all of Mother Nature’s creations. And I crave one to one, face-to-face, open subject extensive friendly conversations anytime, anyplace, anywhere.

On May 1st you and your wife, Leeyan Granger, have celebrated your 38th wedding anniversary (best wishes, by the way!). You actually met on the set of JCS. What is the secret for keeping a relationship working, in the hectic life of a performer (or two, in this case)?

Thank you, Stefania! Leeyan and I appreciate your best wishes for our 38th Wedding Anniversary. And with deepest respect for your kind concerns, I can’t say there is a secret for keeping a relationship working. I believe, with all things being equal for and between two loving people, there is a mutual discovery of love and life. I feel there is a continual loving and respectful heart to heart open-minded discovery of our lives together, as one, as we grow even closer with each passing day.  We will always face challenges, which we can always rise above and overcome together. So we can live, love, laugh and continue being happy together, while two loving spirits become as one.

(Images: Margot de Heide)

Go to Ciao Magazine for the interview in Italian

 

Italy sets budget deficit goal at 2.4 pct of GDP

LONDON (Caterina Moser) – Italian government targeted the budget deficit at 2.4 pct of GDP, gross domestic product, from 2019-2021. For the next three years, these will be the provisions.

This targets would flout European Union rules calling for Italy to progressively lower its deficit and marking a victory for party chiefs over Economy Minister Giovanni Tria.

Tria had to surrender to the requests of Movimento 5 Stelle e Lega, although he had initially wanted a deficit set as low as 1.6 percent next year, in order to respect European Union demands.

Great satisfaction by the coalition government of the Movimento 5 Stelle e Lega, which took power in June. They had been pushing for a deficit around 2.4 percent of GDP to fund costly policy pledges.

“Today is a historical day! Italy has changed today!” Has wrote Luigi Di Maio on Facebook.

The agreement was approved after an informal summit at Palazzo Chigi which lasted about 4 hours with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Vice-Presidents of the Council Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio, Minister of Economy and Finance Giovanni Tria and Minister for European Affairs Paolo Savona.

Then, the Council of Ministers held the approval of the Def update note, the document with which the government indicates its three-year economic plans.

The Def, the document of Economics and Finance, contains all the economic and financial policies. It allows the government to establish how to spend public money.

It have been released 27 billion for the maneuver.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Facebook that the budget goals were “considered, reasonable and courageous” and would “ensure more robust economic growth and significant social progress for our country”.

He added the budget plan included “the biggest programme of public investments ever carried out in Italy.”

Salvini said the budget would also allow people to retire earlier, freeing up about 400,000 jobs for the young, and cut tax rates for a million self-employed workers.

He called the expansionary fiscal plan “a revolution of common sense”. According to the government, the Budget Law will affect about 6.5 million people below the poverty line.

“With pension and income of citizenship that we introduce with this Budget Law, we will have abolished poverty” Di Maio had said in an Italian tv programme few days ago.

It will be up to M5S and Lega to demonstrate that such a potentially dangerous maneuver can find market and European Union approval.

The European Commission will evaluate the maneuver on October 16th. With these numbers it will be difficult to approve it.

Meanwhile, financial markets have been nervous since the government took office due to fears its spending plans will boost Italy’s debt.

Tony Blair is refusing to apologise over the kidnapping and torture of Belhadj in Libya

London (Valeria Piccioni) – Tony Blair, the official Special Envoy for peace of the Quartet In the Middle East by order of ONU, European Union, USA and Russia until May 2015, has refused to personally apologise to Lybian leader and fighter Abdel Hakim Belhadj, who was kidnaped and tortured in Libya in 2004 after a tip-off from MI6 gained from London-based informants. Abdel Hakim Belhaj and his wife, Fatima Boudchar, have fought for a compensation and an apology for more than six years after the role that British intelligence played in their kidnap had been revealed.

Belhadj was arrested at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, then he was transferred to Bangkok under the custody of the CIA, and he was kept in a secret prison at the airport. After his return to Libya, he stayed in Abu Salim prison for seven years. However, his pregnant wife Fatima, was released after a few months from the imprisonment.

Belhadj founded the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) against Gaddafi from 1994 forward. After three failed murder attempts on Gaddafi, the LIFG was solved in 1998.

Two weeks after the couple’s kidnapping, Blair came in Libya for his first visit to Gaddafi and during the meeting he declared that Libya had recognised “a common cause” “in the fight against al-Qaida extremism and terrorism”. In the meanwhile , in London, the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell was signing a deal for gas exploration rights in the Libyan coast.

Moreover another opponent of Gaddafi, Sami al-Saadi, has been kidnapped and with his wife and his four children, they were taken to Libya. The family was incarcerated for over two months before being released. Both Saadi and Belhaj were imprisoned and tortured for more than six years. Al-Saadi has pressed charges against the British government in 2012 receiving £2.2m for compensation.

This month the Prime Minister Theresa May addressed them in order to apologise on behalf of the government and offered Boudchar, Belhadj’s wife, £500,000 compensation.

Differently, Blair had ambiguous behaviour by stating:“There’s been a settlement of the case. As I say, I am content to go along with the government’s apology in relation to it. It is not something I dealt with myself when I was in government. I think that is all I can say.”

Blair’s declaration maintained that the former Prime Minister was not aware of the situation at the time. This could suggest that Jack Straw, Britain’s former Foreign Secretary, did not share several aspects of this specific operation with Blair.

Amnesty International stated that a judicial inquiry  regarding the UK involvement in this circumstance is necessary.

Brexit seen by another point of view

London (Valeria Piccioni) – The phenomenon of the Brexit will have an impact on the future of the European Union: the difficult situation of the UK will affect the trade marketsboth internally and externally. However it is important not to fall in hasty conclusions. Infact, as soon as the UK leaves the EU, many changes will arguably be implemented in the trade with EU and with the Commonwealth countries.

The Commonwealth is an intergovernmental organisation made of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire. Leaving the EU, the UK will exit the customs union and the bloc’s external commercial policy. This political phenomenon could put EU in a better position for possible trade market deals with Australia and New Zealand after Brexit. Indeed, New Zealand’s trade minister, David Parker, said that the UK’s withdrawal did not diminish the potential gains for his own country which would come from breaking down trade barriers with the remaining 27 member states.

Moreover also Australia has been currently under the spotlight. As a matter of fact UK is the big country’s eighth largest two-way trading partner. Australia’s Commonwealth Bank currently declared a doubling in costumers.

Australian government is now negotiating a deal with the EU. Nevertheless, according to experts, Brexit could be a new opportunity for the Australia and New Zealand to sell in a tariff-free market in the UK.

By establishing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Australia could achieve a new deal between its and UK’s enterprises. This recent treaty will also consider theregulations for the relocations of the enterprises allocated in both of the Countries.

In order to dislocate Australian and New Zealand companies to London, the businesses would require real estate services to stay in UK. For this reason, it is important  to focus on Stonelink International, London’s Real Estate Broker.

“International firms, especially from Australia and New Zeland who have a lot moving parts in terms of relocating staff and family, logistics & transportation of vital equipment want to ensure the commercial space and property they will move into, is ready for them, well ahead of time” said Nicholas Tsiougos, Managing Director of Stonelink International.

It has always been argued that several business and investments will experience  numerous difficulties after  2019. However this hypothesis could possibly not be accurate. As a matter of fact, a considerable amount of businesses has not been affected by Brexit. On the contrary, these enterprises have experience and unexpected growth. Therefore Brexit is likely to offer Britain different opportunities which are neither better nor worse than the previous ones.

Future starts here: the visionary exhibition

London (Valeria Piccioni) – The pioneer city of London inaugurates a visionary exhibition: “Future starts here”. This exhibition displays the future of design. Located at the Victoria and Albert Museum, it will be open until 4th of November. Over 100 prototypes that could possibly change the world will be exposed. As a matter of fact these inventions will probably influence our daily life shaping our routine .

The first department focuses on the ralationship between humans and technology. For instance the department displays “super-clothes” similars to wearable muscles thanks to bio-meccanic contribution. Moreover, there are exposed solars t-shirts which absorb sun’s Energy allowing to charge phones and cameras.

The Second part deals with the issues regarding public aereas. Some of protypes exposed will be: the first model of the zero-emission city, Abu Dhabi, or «The House of One» in Berlin that is at the same time a Church, a mosque and a synagogue.

Furthermore among the greatest inventions that exibition hosts it is possible to admire Volkswagen’s without-driver car, micro-satellites that throw artificial falling star in order to give an impression of atmosphere works. Moreover Samantha Cristoforetti’s pot is also being displayed. An area regarding the considerations revolving around the future of democracy along with progress can be visited within the exibition rooms. In addition the corrent department about life after death also focuses on the illusion of immortality.

Furthermore it is ipothetically possible to transfer cerebral connections in a USB key in order to create an avatar with artificial intelligence. It could be also doable to make disks conteining human knowledge’s heritage. Humanity is trying to fight mortality by surviving a possible extinction.

The final aerea displays several sprinkling questions over the exhibition’s walls. The main ones are: “What makes us human?” “Does democracy still work?” “Who wants to live forever?” “We are alla connected but do we feel lonely?”.

“Since the beginning our exposition sponsored pioneering art, sciences, design and technology” stated Tristram Hunt, the gallery’s director “we are in the middle of a digital revolution and with this exibition we want to research the most exciting experiments and the most incredibles teories about our future in order to take them out of the laboratori in order to share them with the audience.”

A draft bill for Italians abroad

London (Valeria Piccioni) – The new draft of the Italian Government deal takes into consideration the matter of Italians abroad’s.

“Regarding the Italian communities situated abroad, it is necessary to highlight knowledge and experience heritage in order to support Made in Italy, the Italian culture  and the Italian language all over the world. Furthermore, the election procedures in the foreign jurisdiction and the rappresentative institutions of the General Consulate (CGIE and COMITES) must be reformed. These measures will make these organisations more efficient, more transparent and less subjected to vote misrepresentations. Moreover,  concerning the COMITES and the CGIE, it is necessary to specifically reform the purposes of these institutions in order to blend them with the parliamentary representation. Finally, the diplomatic and consular net must be reformed in order to grant adequate services to the growing Italian communities that are settling permanently abroad” declares the final draft officially published on Friday.

Until now there has been a real negligence towards this matters: apparently, only the Italian citizens living in Italy seem to be considered whereas instead 4.2 millions of Italians abroad seem to be neglected.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the 18 Parliament members elected abroad from over 1 million and 100 thousand voters met for the first time during this legislation in the Chamber of Deputies. Are they conscious about the current lack of attention towards the Italians abroad? In the meantime, this meeting has highlighted some of the main issues of the Italian communities abroad which are:

  • Foundation of a “Bicameral Commission for the issues of Italians abroad”
  • Reform of voting procedures
  • The strengthening of Consular resources

It is important to remember the controversial relationship between the unborn Italian Government and Bruxelles. The faces of this new Government are still unknown, therefore Europe fears an Italian economical collapse. Recently, Salvini and Di Maio against Manfred Weber, exponent of the German CSU and president of the popular European party at the Europarliament who stated “Irrationals or populists actions could cause a new euro crisis” he said to them. “You are joking with fire because Italy is heavily indebted.”.

“Italians are tired of taking orders from Brussels and Berlin!” replies Mara Bizzotto, leader of the Lega in the European Parliament “Merkel and her proconsuls in Brussels always assembled and disassembled Italian governments according to German and their banks’ interests “.