“Among the countries in Western Europe, Italy had one of the strongest links with Russia. Draghi’s mission was to break this pattern repositioning Italy in relation to Russia “: the New York Times writes.
Draghi has not only transformed Italy into a belligerent country against Russia by sending weapons and instructors to the Ukrainian forces but has promoted sanctions against the Russian central bank and the admission of Ukraine to the EU. For these and other “merits” the authoritative USA Fortune magazine includes Mario Draghi among “the 50 greatest leaders in the world”.
The results of the “mission” that Draghi carried out with the total complicity of the Italian Parliament plunged Italy into an unprecedented crisis: while the price of gas (following anti-Russian policies) rose from 15 to 200 euros per megawatt hour, Italy accumulated such a level of liabilities that – writes Fortune – “the cost of the loan for Italy has become prohibitive, rising to unsustainable levels”.
The Italian crisis is similar to the one in which Greece plunged losing what remained of the public assets with the “rescue package” of the EU. The situation is aggravated by the devaluation of the euro against the dollar, which increases the cost of imports. The decisive factor, therefore, is to overturn the policy that Draghi has implemented with his “mission” in Italy.
This article was originally published in Italian on byoblu.
Manlio Dinucci, award winning author, geopolitical analyst and geographer, Pisa, Italy. He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).