Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Why Italy is Singlehandedly Vetoing the EU's Latest Treaty (ESM)" video.

  1. That isn't the real issue, the EU and northern countries don't want to constantly keep bailing out the southern EU members, which would be the case without major reforms. Red tape and reforms are needed in those countries so they are more competitive on the world stage and as for the EU and richer members, if they keep having to bail out the weaker ones, it's going to drag them all down. In other words, stop making excuses, reduce red tape, reduce corruption in politics and decision-making, boost investment in the country, especially forign investment and most importantly, stop blaming others for the mess your country is in, the EU and northern members can only do so much to help, you've got to be willing to help yourself if you want things to really improve. As for Russia and China, they just want to take advantage of you, even you must see that. But seriously, I've got relatives in Italy and know how difficult it is to get things done because of all the red tape that hurts the Italian economy, but in any case, you are doing the same mistake the UK did, blaming others for the mess that their own governments did, which the UK has been making a mess of its own country since the last financial crisis, naturally, they blamed the EU because they didn't want to take responsibility for the mess they got themselves in, now Brits are realising that the real was much closer to home, it's not that different from what's going on in Italy where there's a constant blame on others for the mess the country is in. So what you think of as a cure with Italexit would likely make things worse for Italy, just like it did for the UK, after all, Italy is in a weaker position than Italy on the economy and investment environment, so if Italy were to leave, investment and confidence in the country would dry up quite quickly, one for not having easy access to the EU market, two, by being out, it's less likely that the needed reforms will get done, in other words, Italy would fall further behind. Don't get me wrong, the EU isn't perfect but always blaming them for your own mess is getting tiresome now, so grow up and start fixing the structural problems in the economy, reduce corruption in the political system and entice more investment into the economy, all of these issues are at national government level not EU level.
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