Naples' trash problem symbolizes Italy's crisis

The journalist and writer Pierluigi Battisti wonders if the waste disposal crisis in Naples will mark the end of the 'Second Republic'. This term refers to the political period that began fifteen years ago with the introduction of the majority vote. "Buried under a mountain of rubbish lie the remains of the Second Republic ... . The broken dream of a 'big change' is dumping its debris on a shameful wasteland. Buried in chaos and among the flames of Naples in revolt, the Italy of the Second Republic is taking the form of an accumulation of rubbish that television around the world is broadcasting non-stop like a humiliating symbol of our country. We are far from an Italian Renaissance. ... The blaze ignited in Naples is like a gigantic bonfire of the vanities."

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