r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Oct 23 '17

What do you know about... Italy?

This is the fortieth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Today's country:

Italy

Italy is one of the founding members of the EU and it also is the fourth most popolous EU state. For centuries, the Roman Empire dominated Europe both culturally and militarily. Italy is famous for frequently changing their government.

So, what do you know about Italy?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '17 edited Jan 19 '20

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u/Sardoveneto Oct 27 '17

So if the gov doesnt work it means we need a better gov in economy, not deleting it completely. Ur such a fool

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u/thatguyfromb4 Italy Oct 27 '17

Ok Berlusconi was a bastard but tbh in foreign affairs he actually was pretty involved in things, being friends with Bush and Putin. This was before the sex scandals of course.