THE CHALLENGE OF ' UNIT
What unites us, what divides us
the celebrations begin: seven experts tell us the country
celebrate a century and a half of fiscal federalism and unification with separatist drive. But Italians have never really been made?
of April and Marianna Mauro Suttora
Today, January 12, 2011
One hundred and fifty and not hear. A century and a half national unification, and on the eve of the celebrations to mark the 2011, we look around and wonder whether, apart from Italy, then have really reached the Italians. We never shone for patriotism, indeed, we are traditionally the first to nail them to our weaknesses. And politics does not help: salutes the anniversary by accelerating the 'Implementation of fiscal federalism. That will mean less money for the cities of south central: L'Aquila, for example, record a -66% compared to 2010, Napoli -60.
irony of fate, the two centers where the government of Silvio Berlusconi has often linked its fate in the last two years. Would gain - and lots - Parma (+105%), Padova (+76) and Treviso (+58). In Milan, the revenue growth of 34%. In short, the gap between North and South is destined to grow, the 'antimeridionalismo find more space in newspapers, and also the' national identity does not feel so well. Or not?
"We divide the economic crisis, which makes us less tolerant of waste and transferring money from one side to 'the other country, if in Turin I do not have the 'public kindergarten, I can not accept that you invest more money in the Salerno-Reggio Calabria, "says Massimo Gramellini, deputy director of La Stampa and author, with Charles Fruttero, La Patria, for better or worse. Gramellini but does not believe the division between North and South: "Rather we are hostile to Rome, seen as the center of the waste. After all, the 'Italy is the sum of more capital. If we have so many cities' art is precisely because the power centers were many ladies and any capitalized on its territory. We should enhance the stories, instead of compress: recovery can help to rediscover the meaning of the institutions. "
But federalism will not increase the distance? "With the right countermeasures, federalism can still have an anti-disruptive. It is right that the money be spent where they are produced. But not at the expense of a sense of solidarity, but it must move from a claim of efficiency standards, that restores accountability to the budget center. "
on federalism and its consequences may or may not be d 'Agreement. What 's rather than unite us in spite of everything? "The counter-attack. In the words of Gianni Brera, the Italian has won all his battles on the break, from the Piave to the Bernabeu in the World 1982, we have never attacked because we lack discipline. But we are smart, and you have to start the counterattack. Questo unisce il torinese al napoletano. A scacchi saremmo il cavallo: imprevedibile e pieno di risorse».
Gianluigi Nuzzi ha scritto Metastasi , oltre 50 mila copie in tre settimane, in cui attraverso le parole del pentito Giuseppe Di Bella traccia un quadro desolante della diffusione della 'ndrangheta al nord. Nuzzi, a unire l' Italia è il malaffare? «A guardare la ragnatela di affari della ' ndrangheta in tutto il Paese viene fuori un' altra Italia, meno legata alla suddivisione tradizionale nord-sud. Ma a legare italianità e 'ndrangheta sono altri aspetti».
E inizia l'elenco: «La 'ndrangheta ha la doppia velocità tipica del nostro Paese. Da un lato la ricerca di metodi sempre more technology for recycling, by 'a morbid attachment to other traditions and a certain ritual. And then there 'and the' audience cheer in the rules, in particular the bonds of family, a celebration which private behavior are not so friendly. " In short, the 'Ndrangheta are arch-Italian? "They have a tendency to a very clear contrast between" us "and" them ", an innate sense of superiority, so that very Italian."
"Of course, the Mafia joins the 'Italy', says Pino Aprile, author of Terroni the third best-selling essay of 2010. "I mean that pays his money to the North, while in the South poured the blood of his victims. Tutte meridionali, tranne il generale Dalla Chiesa e l'avvocato Ambrosoli che la propria città, Milano, lasciò uccidere perché la sua onestà bloccava gli affari...».
Il successo di Terroni è parallelo a quello di un altro libro, Il sacco del Nord , scritto dal professore universitario Luca Ricolfi e diventato il vangelo della Lega Nord, nonostante il suo autore sia di sinistra.
Su un punto però Aprile e Ricolfi concordano: 150 anni fa, all' unificazione, il Sud non era sottosviluppato rispetto al Nord. Il divario produttivo si è creato dopo. «Poi, dal 1950 al '75 il Sud aveva diminuito la distanza, ma da allora le cose sono di nuovo peggiorate», Ricolfi explains. Two factors in the recovery: the economic boom and the Fund for the South. Great Expectations: the Alfasud, highways ... "But then industrialization has taken hold recently, and now the North each year to transfer about 50 billion to the South."
50 billion that they are furious the League.
"But be careful: even the voters of PD and PDL in the north share the anger at the waste," warns Ricolfi. To make matters worse, the tax increase: "In 1980 there were 30 per cent, we are now at 43. But, calculating tax evaders, those who pay taxes should pay almost 60 percent. "
For this reason, in 1987 the league has sent the first parliament in Rome. "But among the regions wasteful there are only those of the South, "warns Ricolfi. "Liguria, for example, is at the top for tax evasion and inefficiency. Umbria is the first to welfarism. And the autonomous regions of North Val d'Aosta, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli cashing more than they pay in taxes. Conversely, the South is necessary to distinguish between regions with the scourge Mafia - Sicily, Calabria, Campania - and others that are better. " We will save
culture
Among the cases that have characterized this 2010 just ended is undoubtedly that of Welcome to South, the film of mine with Luca Claudio Bisio protagonist, who earned € 30 million at the box office .
Miniero is a Neapolitan lived in Milan and is firmly convinced of one thing: 'Between the northern and southern affinities are more discrepancies. The representation of Italians as a nation divided is a matter entirely political, and very instrumental. Of course, our patriotism is different from, for example, of the French: we have a 'more nuanced identity. But the real problem is the prejudices, even if I do not think antimeridionalismo is very popular as we are told. "
After touring all of Italy behind his film, Mine has no doubts: "We share the sense of 'humor and solidarity in emergencies, that national feeling is that when something happens Italians move from across the country to help. " So the Italian is seen in their time of need? "And in front of the national football team. The problem is that the crisis is becoming more evident self-interest. "
Even in the South, though. Just think of the autonomist aspirations of the Sicilian Raffaele Lombardo and Gianfranco Micciche: "There have always been, and always have been a bit 'ridiculous. The real problem is that we should stop feeling sorry for himself, and try to evolve our provincial pride in national pride. We should learn to look through the eyes of foreigners.
more pessimistic and Renzo Arbore, Italian showman Orchestra, with which it is sold out across Italy and throughout the world, "the Italians are a curious but I have to bitterly divide them into two categories, the Italians 'yes' and the Italians" no ". The first are hungry for culture, know the beauty of this great country and know how to value them. Think of the revaluation of the villages, from the Alps in Santa Maria di Leuca. The latter are glaring exceptions to the first, but very well represented, and fed by the reality tv, gossip and exaggerated tones. The TV is our dictator, always to 'chase the bad taste. "
A bad taste that clashes with the 'deepest essence of' Italian: "We are a country blessed by God, a little 'less by the Italians. The keystone may be increasing cultural awareness. Where there is no culture, because of poverty, unemployment or other things, 'Italy is to be done. "
Yeah, but how? "I'm old enough to have lived fascism, anti-fascism, the boom, the sboom the crisis. And I feel I can say that a new era is emerging, a new renaissance that will require all men 'height, the children of a generation that has traveled the world and back in Italy with the knowledge to be born in the most beautiful in the world '.
The solution, therefore, will come from young people now fleeing abroad? "The talent flee because the politics and policies are not up to them. In our excellence are ignored: the Italian jazz is better than the American, Italian folk music is more varied and versatile in the world. Then there are the fashion, gastronomy. We are the symbol of taste, and all 'foreign perceive us like that. "
seems to glimpse a "but" ... "The poor civic sense of some, the rudeness, the deterioration of certain parts of the South, which angers me first, and that downgrades the eyes of foreigners also virtuous cities such as Turin and Venice." Even
Vittorio Sgarbi, who has just written Sentimental Journey in Italy in the desires (Bompiani), focuses on art and culture as a unifying source of pride: "We're united by beauty. The foreigners come to Italy to Taormina and Capri, Ischia and Costa Smeralda. Not for Cinisello or Valdobbiadene. Despite all the disasters combined aesthetic by surveyors in the last 50 years, Gore Vidal takes home in Ravello, Oscar Niemeyer and built the auditorium there. And all this has a big payback. The tourism of the village, the popular luxury of the hotel in Santo Stefano di Sessanio in the Abruzzi. Even my house, the palace of Ferrara Cavallini Sgarbi, it will become an attraction: it was the home of Ludovico Ariosto, and will open to the public in January. "
summary: the taste, solidarity, culture and art (especially in the area of \u200b\u200bsfangarla Cesarini) make us all Italians despite political divisions, economic and ideological. As if to say that he was right once again Giorgio Gaber: "We do not feel Italian, but fortunately or unfortunately we are."
April and Marianna Mauro Suttora
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