From the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009, Italian mass media certify that Italy has been struck by the crisis, and the economy is slowing down under the pressure of the global crisis. The spectre of poverty is a debate topic as well as the immigration and safety issues. But in the country of the eternal fight between Guelphs and Ghibellines, soon the opposite voice rises up to cover the other: this is just a passing crisis; the country is solid, it’s important to infuse hope. Nowadays, nobody can make any forecasts about what is going to happen to the global economy when it is even difficult to foresee an outlook for the end of the year.
