Further to the 1 o’clock News-blog of a fortnight ago on the EU turning against rebels and leaders in ‘financial crisis on steroids’, Bloomberg’s Business Day in Zambia asks Could Covid-19 see a break-up of the EU? Italy thinks so (published 21st April).
First, the institution turns against its national leaders. Now, its ‘foundational’ state is beginning to turn against the EU – so the bloc is now turning in against itself!!
This report by John Follain and Byand Alessandra Migliaccio, presumably penned in the country’s capital, carries the strap-line: ‘Italy has long been critical of the bloc, but still expected the EU would come to its aid as the coronavirus struck; it was wrong’
In alerting me, watcher Roger Jervois in South Africa says its “Worth a look…the last few paragraphs are very telling… “snakes and jackals”!
The report opens (emphases mine):
‘Rome — The foundations for the EU were laid six decades ago in Rome and some officials in the Eternal City are starting to think they might just be seeing the beginning of its break-up.
‘After Boris Johnson and the Brexiteers laid to rest the carefully cultivated myth of the EU’s irreversibility, Europhiles argued that Britain was a special case, an island nation that could never fully commit to the continent. It’s different when Italy turns against you.
‘The bloc’s third-largest economy has flirted with Euro-scepticsm before as it railed against budget rules or struggled to cope with successive waves of refugees heading north from Africa. But when Covid-19 struck Lombardy, Italians still expected Europe would come to their aid with no questions asked.
‘Instead, what they think they got was fine print and a cold shoulder…’
The authors conclude: Continue reading
Covid-19 is a virulent and pitiless virus which is sweeping across the world. So far, it is an uncontrollable pestilence: it is a law unto itself. It advances like a desert wind, ignoring those in authority and all the usual constraints that govern inter-national relations. It destroys people and livelihoods, undermines governments and economies and is testing the very foundations of our way of life and our values.
Now my reply was dated 
Rather than post this as soon as possible yesterday I wanted to wait and assess the accuracy of Rick’s claim for the actual timing of what is seen in the spiritual realm is not easily discerned. That is, what Rick heard about the PM’s condition doesn’t necessarily mean that was the state-of-play at that same time in hospital but, in my humble opinion as a reporter rather than the player-prayer, it was an acknowledgement of the result of prayers and prophesying the news of his recovery. It will be most interesting to note whether or not there’s any relapse as the virus reactivates or mutates, as happens for many seriously suffering this contagion.
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