| Events in Italy are turning serious. President Giorgio Napolitano has warned of ??widespread social tension and unrest ? in 2014 as the Long Slump drags on. Those living on the margins are being drawn into ??indiscriminate and violent protest, a sterile lurch towards total opposition. ? His latest speech is a veritable Jeremiad. Thousands of companies are on the ??brink of collapse ? . Great masses of the working people are on the dole or at risk of losing their jobs. Very high rates of youth unemployment (41pc) are leading to dangerous alienation. |
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