For the first time in History, on November 14th, workers in Portugal, Greece, Italy and the State of Spain will stand together in a general strike engulfing several European countries. United struggle and joint demands of European workers have become a pressing need.
Italy has recently undergone a change of government, with the ex-European Commissioner Mario Monti superseding Silvio Berlusconi whose administration had become paralysed by the myriad of court cases against the ex-prime minister. This was due to an ongoing conflict of interests which centred on Berlusconi’s government repeatedly drafting legislation calculated to strengthen the premier’s business interests or to provide him with immunity from prosecution, and also by a predictable reluctance to get tough on Italy’s perennial problems of tax evasion. Such a clampdown would have harmed the economic interests of Berlusconi and his extended network of associates.
Italy has recently undergone a change of government, with the ex-European Commissioner Mario Monti superseding Silvio Berlusconi whose administration had become paralysed by the myriad of court cases against the ex-prime minister. This was due to an ongoing conflict of interests which centred on Berlusconi’s government repeatedly drafting legislation calculated to strengthen the premier’s business interests or to provide him with immunity from prosecution, and also by a predictable reluctance to get tough on Italy’s perennial problems of tax evasion. Such a clampdown would have harmed the economic interests of Berlusconi and his extended network of associates.