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The EU Divided Over Coronavirus: Will it Lead to an Italexit? Will Italy Leave the EU? – TLDR News

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  1. @IvanPantarelli

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Sounds like you cherrypicked polls without any understanding of Italian internal political dynamics that are often way too fickle to comprehend if you think that when Italians say "pass me the salt or I'll kill you" they are actually serious. Those polls aged as badly as this video which is the closest thing to click bait I have seen on this usually great channel.

  2. @geoffwright9570

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Can Italy afford to leave the EU? Will French fisherman invade their waters.? And if Italy should leave the EU how many other countries will follow?

  3. @maccapaccabrump9731

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Protest for it to be called Italeave 😂 not italexit as it sounds like a disability 😂

  4. @pwp8737

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    The first country to leave the euro wont be Italy, or Greece, but rather Germany. As soon as Germany's elites realize that the euro is not working for them and is going to implode they will bolt, probably taking with them Austria, Netherlands, Finland and maybe Estonia. The new northern euro will revalue sharply upwards, while the southern euro will deflate in value helping out the poorer nations that keep it.

  5. @anssi2267

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Yes Italy, please leave or pay your debt. Hopefully the French driven leftist debt union policies looses their footing and Germany remembers what EU was supposed to be.

  6. @The1Floyd

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    So, reshuffling debt and pretending it doesn't exist to acquire more debt, so it can be shuffled about.
    That has never, ever, caused problems. Ever.

  7. @Doss3332

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    I hope you would add your own opinion. It brings personality.

  8. @Doss3332

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Polls are not and should not be considered truthful. They poll a very small population percentage and don't show the full picture of the situation.

  9. @Coolboyandcoolthings

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    even Cuba wich is underrated and hated by Western media has helped italy and also Russia…
    and the EU was the last one
    LOL

  10. @LightsEShadows

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Hopefully yes, if Gods will. Italexit !

  11. @roybee9321

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    It seems clear that if the European Commission can control the effective loans to the weaker EU countries (which is most excluding Germany and France nowadays!) then they can make it virtually impossible for them to exit from the EU, threatening them with impossible or at best crippling repayment terms.
    Much in the same way the EU used NI as a political tool in trying to force the UK to stay in the EU, they maliciously use the Covid situation to their own gain. Deplorable behaviour yet typical of the federalist ambitions of this left of centre organisation. Naturally it will fail in the long run if the unelected leaders continue to act as if only they know best and any objectors are to be ignored and vilified.

  12. @FlagAnthem

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Buy Italian

  13. @typhoon20724

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Nigel Farage, the Brit with the silver tongue and beautiful speeches, who promoted Brexit was only a puppet in George Soros hands. He hates Soros, and Soros used that hate against him and Britain. Soros knows exactly what is the main weak point in Europe which is the state sovereignty, so if Europe is ruled by left and right wing parties he only had to find a breaking point between these parties, which is migration. This is what is breaking Europe and Soros is taking full advantage of it. Divide to Conquer, a separated Europe is easier to control by the American elites.

  14. @alberpajares4792

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    0 euros for 1 trillion dollars? Dream no more.., something you have to give for my manteinance..

  15. @salvo5108

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Fuck the EU, let's exit this bullshit excuse for a unity…

  16. @superstudio55

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    if the EU will work as it does today, soon only Germany, France and the Netherlands will remain in it

  17. @richm5087

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Italy has always regulated, taxed, and spent too much and that's why we're f'd. Our problems are home made.

  18. @spiritualanarchist8162

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Here we go again..pffff,

  19. @user-rf4ut1nt4g

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    they should call it Quitaly

  20. @alberpajares4792

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    ¡ don’t know, some countries have taken a less strikt confinement and has gone better, ¡ can’t explain the panic in spain and italy, ¡’m watching people arrested by the police for not using mask,..

  21. @khigor1

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    What if southern European countries adopt a currency which fits better with their economy while still on the Union?

  22. @martinmendl1399

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    I think not, Italy can’t afford to leave

  23. @da1vinci1edi

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    UK left because USA wants it to leave and nobody wants a united europe except europeans that know we are gonna be fucked in the coming future

  24. @Klarud

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    How would Italian Exit affect EU? How the budget would be leveled?

  25. @cheekytitaable

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Germany and France screwed Italy over during coronavirus. They became selfish. Period. EE.UU. is wont last

  26. @anthonydoyle72

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Italy: lets leave the eu is trying to stop us spending money we dont have
    Italy leaves and falls apart due to still having no money

  27. @MySpace662

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    If Italy gets out, it will be the death of Italy.

  28. @timl4257

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    The whole point of the EU is that all its members should get equal amounts of assistance, financial, medical. Etc. But i do agree that countries shouldn't borrow masses when it doesn't have the resources to pay it back . Otherwise the ECB will end up broke

  29. @AlextheBant

    March 6, 2024 at 8:00 am

    Honestly. What happened in Italy is 80% their fault.

    The country is so corrupt and inefficient. It could be such a rich country but is mismanaged as hell.

    Borrowing money to Italy probably will just end up in some politician's pockets. As happens con-stant-ly there.

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https://newsbriefing.eu/politics/meloni-hardens-migration-rhetoric-as-far-right-rival-vannacci-gains-ground
https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/number-of-migrants-rises-repatriations-up-34-per-cent-in-the-first-six-months-AJVKjkm?refresh_ce=1
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/pact-migration-and-asylum_en
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:180:0031:0059:en:PDF
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://www.eunews.it/en/2026/08/12/five-eu-member-states-are-considering-building-a-repatriation-centre-in-uganda/
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/10/04/giorgia-meloni-pushes-italy-s-migration-strategy-as-a-model_6728172_4.html
https://www.irreview.org/articles/2024/10/27/giorgia-meloni-is-offshoring-migration-to-solve-italys-immigration-concerns-now-the-rest-of-europe-is-interested-too
https://www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release/frontex-irregular-border-crossings-down-26-in-2025-europe-must-stay-prepared-lyKpVb
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/08/italy-disastrous-offshore-agreement-with-albania-must-serve-as-a-wake-up-call-to-end-eus-cruel-migration-plans/
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/08/vannacci-sanchez-is-right-on-immigration-meloni-is-a-fiasco/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/deputy-premier-salvini-rome-not-193326174.html
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/21/sweden-plans-to-send-migrants-to-italy-france-and-spain-reject-dublin-transfers
https://italytelegraph.com/posts/italy-blocks-80000-migrant-transfers-what-the-eu-pact-really-changes-for-residents
https://italianismo.com.br/com-44-meloni-lidera-avaliacao-enquanto-partidos-perdem-espaco/

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POLITICO: Russia’s ‘hybrid’ war isn’t so hybrid
https://www.politico.eu/article/russias-hybrid-war-on-europe-is-starting-to-look-a-lot-less-hybrid/

Germany says Russia responsible for drone incident
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylm3m67n2o
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/germany/article/2026/09/01/germany-blames-russia-for-airport-drone-incident-hits-back-with-sanctions_6757058_146.html?srsltid=AfmBOorxo7cxCO7l0TFHlXxatD1xyz1S0UqgldCRST2dfYnQWOCJYFzH

EU-NATO talks on German drone incident
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/02/von-der-leyen-russian-drone-incidents-in-europe-are-the-new-normal
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/01/von-der-leyen-pledges-response-to-russian-hybrid-attacks-ahead-of-rutte-meeting

Russian hybrid warfare (Aug/Sep 2026)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/31/poland-opens-terror-probe-into-fire-at-drone-factory
https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-jet-blasts-drone-near-offshore-gas-production-platform/
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/20/nato-jets-scrambled-as-drone-enters-romanian-airspace

Analysis
https://carnegieendowment.org/europe/strategic-europe/2026/07/why-russia-could-escalate-hybrid-warfare-against-europe
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/where-and-how-putin-could-expand-his-war-in-europe-beyond-ukraine/

Russian drone incidents (September 2025)
https://youtu.be/bnt3CNXMPo0?si=RwEWSEx_4Vt69gSb

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German GDP data 2019-2025
https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/10/23/germanys-much-ballyhooed-autumn-of-reforms-is-a-damp-squib

Germany polls
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/germany/
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/31/how-the-alternative-for-germany-would-govern

Revised destatis data
https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Economy/National-Accounts-Domestic-Product/_node.html
https://substack.com/home/post/p-211829645

IMF estimates for GDP growth in 2026
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDP_RPCH@WEO/EU/EURO/EUQ/IDN

Ifo institute data
https://www.ifo.de/en/facts/2026-06-18/ifo-economic-forecast-summer-2026-energy-price-increase-acting-brake-fiscal-policy
https://www.ifo.de/en/survey-results

Germany trade data
https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/deu/germany/trade-balance-deficit
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/exports-to-china
https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/DEU/Year/LTST/Summarytext
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/exports

Indices
https://live.euronext.com/en/financial-news/german-manufacturing-growth-accelerates-august-orders-surge-pmi-shows
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/manufacturing-pmi
https://www.ifo.de/en/survey-results

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https://www.dw.com/en/icelands-eu-vote-a-nation-divided-over-europe/a-78285133
https://www.reuters.com/world/narrow-majority-icelanders-back-eu-membership-talks-poll-shows-ahead-referendum-2026-08-26/
https://www.ruv.is/english/2025-01-09-poll-majority-support-eu-negotiations-432591
https://nordics.info/show/artikel/icelands-relationship-with-the-eu
https://www.idea.int/democracytracker/country/iceland
https://newunionpost.eu/2026/02/26/iceland-referendum-eu-accession-talks/#:~:text=hold%20a%20referendum%20on%20reopening%20Iceland%E2%80%99s%20EU%20accession%20talks
https://cb.is/news-and-publications/article/monetary-bulletin-2026-3
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-19/iceland-hikes-key-rate-to-8-to-lower-risk-of-prices-spiraling
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/iceland-eu-referendum-3fqw92st9
https://thefishingdaily.com/icelandic-fishing-industry-news/icelandic-fishing-industry-points-to-ireland-in-eu-warning/
https://www.reuters.com/world/fish-ships-sovereignty-iceland-weighs-its-european-future-2026-08-19/#:~:text=defined%20Iceland’s%20independence%20since%20it%20broke%20away%20from%20Denmark
https://island-esb.is/en/kostnadur/
https://www.ruv.is/english/2026-08-29-iceland-rejects-eu-accession-talks-485377

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