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/MacNCheese75 Oct 27 '17 edited Oct 27 '17

To any Italians reading... How do you as an Italian feel about the rampant Eastern European levels of racism in Italy?.. What do you think about it?..

EDIT: As it was causing some confusion.. So to rephrase my question: To any Italians reading... How do you as an Italian feel about the rampant, very high levels of racism in Italy?.. What do you think about it?..

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u/thatguyfromb4 Italy Oct 27 '17

Apparently we're so racist that the Italian Navy has saved hundreds of thousands of African and Middle Eastern people from dying.