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“Italian Malaffare, European money”
Or how the European Union funds Italian infrastructures linked with corruption
Italy is the country of bribes, everybody knows that. Even the European Union. Nevertheless, it is not allowed to contradict the mega projects mantra. In particular, there is an institution that never refrains from helping our companies in constructing mega projects. It is the European Investment Bank (EIB). In 2014, the generosity of the EIB towards our country has set a new record: 10.9 billion Euros. Even though there are many projects marked by the evil of corruption, from Mose to the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway, through the Livorno regasification plant and the incinerator in Parma, the EIB has continued to provide money even when the bubble had already burst. Why?
