Strict security law in Italy

"If Italy passes its emergency package on homeland security, it will cease to be governed by the rule of law", writes the newspaper Evenimentul Zilei. "Apparently the vote will be unobserved. The EU Council of Ministers has not said a word about the fires in Roma camps or the ransacking of stores run by Asian immigrants which took place under the eyes of the authorities in Milan, Naples and Rome. ... The European governments have enough on their hands with the constitutional crisis sparked by Ireland. Meanwhile, Italy is turning its back on the core values of the EU like freedom and tolerance, and installing a European model of restricted democracy. This serves as a source of inspiration for countries like Romania which have fragile, corrupt institutions and whose citizens lack solidarity. Prime Minister Berlusconi could serve as an example - and an alibi - for Bucharest. If the EU institutions cede to Rome, they will soon be unable to oblige any state to fulfil the political criteria [for respecting Europe's core values]."

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