First They Took Rome

It is difficult for Italians to have much faith in the future. The last Labour Minister said it was a good thing if young people emigrated, to stop them ''getting under our feet''; one recent Prime Minister said that young Italians should not invest their hopes in securing a stable job, for that would be ''boring'', anyway.

Examining Italy''s history since the end of the Cold War, Italy is the Futu...