Tensions rise between Italy and the EU
Migrants and the economy are the flashpoints
AS ITALIANS trickled back to the cities from holidays on the coast and in the sun-baked countryside, the scene was set this week for what promises to be a difficult autumn. Over both the enduring problem of what to do about migrants arriving from north Africa and the even older problem of Italy’s dangerously anaemic economy, clashes with the EU are looming.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Gearing up for a fight”
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