Not to mention that Italy is fast on the way to becoming - if not already there - a mafia state. Reading Roberto Saviano's Gomorra opened my eyes as to how machine-like in its efficiency and hydra-like in its resiliency organized crime in Italy is with numerous sectors of the Italian state under the direct control of the mafia [1].

Combined with the economic outlook, this doesn't bode well for the future.

[1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/mafia-toxic-waste-and-a-d...