This was recently posted by a reader:
I’m from Italy so I can answer your question. The general and most accepted ideas in Italy are:
- “The problem is president Berlusconi.”
- “We need structural reforms!” (In every pub people love to say that, to feel themselves intelligent, the same that are in precarious financial conditions.)
- “We are not credible.”
- “We live beyond our means.”
And the best:
- “Without the Euro it would be a catastrophe, fortunately, we have a strong currency.”
