The German election result also speaks to Italy, says Fassino, “not only because there are forces espousing slogans not dissimilar to those of the AfD, but because frustrations, insecurity and fears run deep within Italian society”. Meanwhile, on the 9th, the anti-Semitism bill – over which the PD in the Senate had been divided – arrives at the Chamber of Deputies

“These protest groups active in Val di Susa do not want any discussion about the high-speed rail link, but simply reject it, just as they reject any infrastructure, which they see as an expression of unbridled capitalism and imperialism”