Time for realism

An earthquake in Italy's mountainous Abruzzo region has left at least 150 dead, a further 1,500 injured and around 100,000 homeless. The daily La Repubblica writes that the government must now set new priorities: "Italy is a poorly managed country where earthquakes have destroyed many lives and hopes, as well as houses, palaces, hospitals, churches and schools, and which was still waiting for the damage caused by the last earthquake to be repaired. Nevertheless the construction of yet another room or a veranda still takes priority. The land is consumed in a way that borders on private plundering of public property. … It's time to implement sustainable … environmental protection. In view of this disaster the multi-layered and cross-party mass of those who want to protect Italy's great historical, cultural and natural heritage from the egoism of the individual is now called on more than ever to take up the factual challenges. The era of the old ideologies - red or green or whatever - has ended. Now it's time for realism."

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