Drinking After Listerine

The spectrum of the gag and deflation

the editorial Eugenio Scalfari

still keeps the bench and keep him for a while the gag law on press freedom. The Senate approved it vote it under the blackmail of the confidence placed by the government, but the obstacles are many: an examination of the House and the timetable that exam will require the signature of the enactment of Napolitano, an examination of the Constitutional Court , a possible referendum. After all the points of dubious constitutionality are numerous, beginning with the right to report blatantly violated by severe restrictions on research tools and judges - particularly heavy - stratospheric fines against publishers guilty of allowing journalists to violations of the law in question. Those fines
move the criminal and civil liability by the director of the newspaper publisher.

The attack of this legislation on press freedom could not be more evidente.Tutto what constitutes the law restricts freedoms as a classic attempt, which should be fought by all means legally available. But here I want to also point out the ineffectiveness of this unfortunate practice law.
We live in a world now dominated by the communications network "on line". News to be broadcast is inhibited the press, inevitably appear on the site "web". What will the government do? Obscure those sites, as in Iran and China?

And again: If a foreign newspaper is in possession of the news (including interceptions) and publish it, the Italian newspapers have full right to sue and to report its contents. What will the government do? Multer and stop journalists and editors who report news published in London or Paris, or Zurich to Hamburg, Madrid or Amsterdam or New York? "This law is therefore both unnecessary and freedom-why not manage to muzzle the free press, but simply how to configure Italy a country in the hands of a clique farcical obsessed authoritarian temptations and Sanfedists. Voltaire would have ample material, if reborn, to carry out its sharp irony.


* * * In the economic measure desired by Giulio Tremonti we've been busy on Sunday are some things you need and some flaws.
especially the total lack of stimulation of growth, being unable to consider such measures to the announced and vacuous liberalism that the Minister of Economy gabelle as resolving pressures increase income while only ads launched into space.

But far more serious events have happened in the meantime in Europe. It happened especially that Germany has embarked on the dangerous road to a genuine policy of deflation, predicting 80 billion of spending cuts over the next four years starting immediately.

the G20 held in Korea in recent days the European members have supported this policy, only with some reservations on the French side. The statements in favor of incentives for growth, which had always accompanied similar meeting, this time have been omitted, the dominant theme was the reduction and stabilization of public debt and the deficit to fall within the parameters of Maastricht. Germany was a trailblazer and leader of this policy.

Consequences? An economic slowdown, the fall in domestic demand and investment. The weakness of the euro revive exports to other currency areas but discourage trade within the eurozone, with severe injury just for Germany, whose exports within the euro zone accounted for 40 percent of its total sales abroad. Mario Draghi currency point of GDP by the fall of the Italian income as a result of the maneuver Tremonti. Imagine what will increase the total loss of speed in the eurozone. 24 hours in an article in yesterday's Paul Krugman bubble with words of fire took place this senseless depression.

personally express opinions as negative for months. The serious fact is that Germany's decision to take the lead in this policy. "The deficit hawks took control of the G20, "writes Krugman. He adds:" Working drastic public spending cuts in the event of a serious depression is an expensive and inefficient. The austerity measures are expensive because they depress the economy further and are ineffective because the brakes on public spending to tax revenues. "Inexplicable is the fact that all of Europe you are hunting in this cul-de-sac.

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In Italy there are many voices calling for action next to the expansive growth of depressive spending cuts. In Bersani's head and the entire leadership of the Democratic Party, also mobilized against the gag law that censors the freedom of press. On Epifani, CGIL and the same line. Marcegaglia continues to claim tax relief on the strong work and business, without which "the Italian economy in danger of dying asphyxiated by deflation and unemployment."

He repeated at the conference in Santa Margherita, where the rods did not spare the young president, Federica Guidi, which called for a constitutional amendment allowing the referendum to put even the tax laws. "Insanity", thereby Marcegaglia Guidi called the proposal, which would be difficult to judge otherwise. Finally
in favor of expansionary measures are deployed and Mario Draghi, Mario Monti, and Romano Prodi and Carlo De Benedetti, Pier Ferdinando Casini and Montezemolo, the regions and municipalities.

seem numerous, but unfortunately these forces, joined in the diagnosis, are divided on the therapy. They can get some results on the Italian economic policy, but have little influence on Europe and absolutely no bearing on Germany. Should therefore look for some connection with France, with Spain and with Obama, but to promote a kind of "force de frappe" international of this magnitude should march together. It is too much to hope?



* * * A few words in conclusion, I will devote to the Democratic Party. In recent weeks seems to come out from aphasia in which he had fallen. To say that it is in good health does not correspond to reality, but to support who has ceased to exist is just as risky as it seems risky to incite the young against the elderly, the periphery against the center. The latest polls

record voting intentions for the Democratic Party around 27 percent to 33 by placing the PDL. The gap is large but not stellar. Battles such as those against the gag law and economic measures against a depression seem to collect a very wide consensus and voting intentions could change substantially. But, I repeat, it is necessary that the drive on the diagnosis is accompanied by a compact therapies and the search for a political breakthrough in the municipality.

If everyone continues to give priority to their "company", the centrifugal forces will prevail and we will continue to be sgovernati from ads that do not follow the facts, the cliques and gangs. I understand that attachment to their recipes will be motivated by good intentions, but under present conditions good intentions pave the harmful and sometimes dangerous paths, from which it would be better to stay away.

Source: LaRepubblica