The scourge of the homeless

Gianni Alemanno, former youth leader of the Italian neo-fascists and now mayor of Rome for the right-wing National Alliance, wants to implement draconic measures against the city's homeless. The daily Die Presse takes a dim view of the plans. "Now he has declared war on the old and the homeless who rummage around in rubbish bins for something to eat. The ludicrous justification: in their search for food they drop too much rubbish onto the street, which could cause infection. Social organisations responded that the mayor's ideas are themselves infected. But what of it? Eternal Rome has outlived Nero, the Vandals and the Borgias. Alemanno, the scourge of the homeless, will be no more than a footnote in history."

» full article (external link, German)
More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » Social movements, » Italy
All available articles from » Karl Gaulhofer

» To the complete press review of Friday, August 8, 2008