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But wasn't the president elected like 2 years ago?

IMO, they are blackmailing Europe for 2 reasons: 1) money 2) to scare Europeans, which would eventually result in extreme-right and Eurosceptic parties rising and taking power, which would lead to European desintegration. Thus, Turkey could fufill its expansionist desires and regain the Balkans...

Yes... now that languages are almost lost they must be brought back to life like the jews did with Hebrew, which wasn't spoken for like 1000 years and now it's spoken by almost all Israelis.

Very interesting! Thanks for translating it. I hope every Italian region to follow suit and bring regional languages back. It's a shame how they were all destroyed and how people in Piemonte, Lombardia and other regions have let the central government do that. I don't know much about history but...

Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch, weil ich in der Deutsche Schule gegangen war. Is that sentence correct? Or should it be "besuchen" instead of "gehen"? I'm trying to improve my German level, since I learned it in High School and I was pretty good at it. Something I could never understand is the...

No, it shouldn't join the European Union. It would be a catastrophe! An emerging economy with 80 million inhabitants of which a big part is willing to seek for better opportunities in Europe. If 500.000 muslim refugees are that big of a deal, imagine 10.000.000 turks, Europeans would...

I don't see Padoan as Prime Minister, he is very technical. Italy needs a politician who knows how to manage the situation of political instability. Padoan didn't even know what was the price of 1lt of milk!! He is not in touch with reality. Maybe it's time for elections!

What Angela said is what I meant when I said I'm scared of Beppe Grillo, Sile. It's not Beppe Grillo himself, but his party or ideas, as you say some kind of fascist regime could arise. I agree with you that more federalism would be better. The Spanish system of "Comunidades Autónomas" works...

That's where a took my arguments to vote NO: because of Beppe Grillo. The Financial Times says that a NO vote would be a catastrophe. It's very confusing!

The 2006 Cup is the one I hate the most beacuse Germany cheated and they had the referee on their side. The referee was a corrupt! After Argentina lost and left the Cup I supported Italy too, like almost all Argentinians, so the owners of the restaurant were okay haha

I like them. The lastone comes Alessandria, where my great-grandmother's hometown is located. Thanks for the recommendations! I have to start listening more Italian music. The last song I listend was the one of the 1990 World Cup (my favorite World Cup), I think it's called "estate italiana".

You are making me cry haha. I won't be in Piemonte until 2018, so I'll have to conform with Nutella and Vitel tonné in summer meanwhile :) I recognize the accent! Haha I'm not that good speaking Italian, but I recognize it. Now I'm following that Youtube channel!

I love all the dishes you just mentioned. I think I inherited my culinary tastes from my Piedmontese side. Sadly, most of those dishes didn't survive here in Argentina, especially truffs and barolo which obviously weren't availible in our country, so they could only cook with ingridients they...

Hahah that wedding must have been incredible! Thanks for showing me that video, I love everything related to Piedmontese culture and makes me proud of my ancestors. Here in Argentina, same happened. By the 2nd generation language was dead, except for few words that remained in our language due...

Nice thread! All my Italian ancestors are from the Piemonte region. Half of them are from the western part of the Cuneo Province, near Saluzzo and the other half is from the eastern part of Piemonte, near Tortona. Saluzzo was controlled by the Marquess of Saluzzo until it was incorporated by...

We owe that post to ourselves! I haven't seen any italian diaspora thread yet. That place must be beautiful. The nearer I've been is in Tortona, which is the place part of ny Piemontese family is from. If you can make a post about this I would be willing to share my history. You are better than...

Angela, I would have to say that I agree on everything you just said about the referendum. I'm pro-small and decentralized government, giving more power to local governments and cutting federal spending. I think in the case of Italy this would be a little problematic since there are strong...

Same. I know that since Italy joined the Eurozone its economy has been stagnated, but I don't think it's because of the Euro but because of high taxes, inefficiency, burocracy and corruption. If it wasn't for the Euro, Italy would have suffered much more instability.

I didn't heard about that as I am in my 20s haha. I agree with you that the fact that we spoke Spanish made it easier for Italians to integrate into our society and abandon their language. Also the similarity between the two languages resulted in an admixture which turned out to be Rio Platense...

It's amazing how Italians in Anglo countries kept their culture and some still use their language. Here in Argentina Italians shaped our culture (they represent more than 50% of the immigrants arrived) and then dissolved into the new Argentine culture. Of my piedmontese family we just kept food...