Video: Italy faces stark North-South economic divide
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In Italy, the lack of a coalition government means there could be an unprecedented second general election in the same year. Whoever ends up leading the country will have to contend with the deep North-South divide. Southern Italy is poorer and unemployment there far higher. Meanwhile, mafia extortion costs the economy billions of euros per year. This is in stark contrast with the North, the country's economic powerhouse, where luxury businesses are thriving. Our correspondents report.
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The area has been like this for centuries, most of Italians in the USA are form this area.
the south become poor after the formation of the Italian state before that it was doing very very well
What area? You think the mafia etc lives in an “area”? That is completely stupid
As your comment is also.
JASDKA1 you must be taking the piss
@@Stoneface_ what does NYC has to do with Italians in their country losing jobs?
You have had enough internet for today.
@@freecellboo am I wrong?no.
Who watches France 24 but doesn’t live in France? 😂
🙋🏼♀️
??? Do you think this is strange? Why do you think they broadcast in English?
Herbertsdottir lets be honest most Americans aren’t watching France 24 they stick more to CNN FOX or their local news stations, if they’re watching the news at all! Embrace your strangeness! 😂
I watch all different kinds if news organizations. It's best that way.
France 24 is more fact based and less opinions than CNN FOX and MSNBC
I was surprised to see how different the North and South were, people weren't kidding. The north had fast running, on time high speed trains, nice restaurants and tourism flourished. And the south had trains with no Air conditioning, There was litter on the streets and there weren't many tourists
No tourists in the South? I actually heard that the south has more tourists, since it offers better sea, less populated land and more authentic southerner Italy feel.
@@Aggoenix well, I would agree that I would recommend sicily over the north to anyone. But yes, it was nothing like venice or rome in terms of tourism. Those are the go to areas, so people kind of forget about sicily
@@halifaxx55 Yeah, my friend is Czech-Italian, we are planning to visit his family in Rome and continue south in march, its gonna be tough with all the restrictions, but im getting crazy from stereotypical home sitting, so to me i will travel to italy even with atomic bombs falling down. I was a big Antics and Ancient Rome and Greece nerd, so I wanted to see Syracouse in the south so much.
@@Aggoenix Most tourist in the south are actually Italians.
So I guess the OP could t teel them apart.
@@halifaxx55 surprising considering how much history is in the south. But I guess the economic conditions make it hard to take advantage of that history.
This in Spain is basically what happened in the 60s and 70s (it still happens nowadays but much less) with the center/southern regions like Extremadura and Andalucia where many people migrated to northern Spanish areas with more and better job opportunities like Madrid, Catalonia and Basque Country.
In Mexico, the cartel also does the same, charging "protection fees."
Same for organized crime and "militias" in Brazil. Poor regions in metro areas are charged by them.
The Colombian guerrilla FARC used to charge companies "vacunas" (vaccines) or "protection fees", on top of all the kidnapping and other extorsion business they ran. Almost destroyed the country in the 90s-2000
You are basically paying for the Mafia to protect you from the Mafia
My grandmother left Southern Italy because she was poor over there. This is nothing new.
You don't even need to know anything about Italian politics to know that the Gov must be in bed with the Mafia
The government maybe not, local realities surely.
Apparently no, many of us seem to have no shame
@sneksnekitsasnek The mafia problem, although stil existing has cooled donw a litte, so basically they don't go arounf shooting people anymore, they just get exstortions, they bribe and they do other similar stuff. The government is often poweless, since, the Mafia is really powerful, if americans had the same mafia has us, I'm sure they would have lots of problems, think about how long it took to catch Al Capone, now imagine that, times 10.
@sneksnekitsasnek well who knows? I'm not talking about the mafia that goes around shooting at everyone they see, I'm talking about the mafia that secretly infiltrates the government and bribes the police
@sneksnekitsasnek American culture wouldn't tolerate it XD wake up please
@sneksnekitsasnek I agree culture has an impact on the ways OC operates but the states has had problems with the Mafia before.
Milan makes, Rome takes and Naples eats!
mavaffanculo austroungaro di M.
@@MrGmail69 Truth hurts
What do you mean by ‘Naples eats’ ?
@@Moribus_Artibus those people have been saved from starvation from the Lazio region when was the papal country and now think that because we don't give to them we give to the South, Northern Italians one as some brain and 1000s brainless follows so what the half brained Sais the others repeat
Don't forget that the Kingdom of Italy in the 1800's was originally funded by the Naples treasury. Much of that money was invested into northern businesses and infrastructure. Seems fitting for Naples to eat.
"Where theres money the mafia will show interest" sounds like the government 🤦♂️
Cuz they are mafia too
@@gaming4K Worst
@dragonsder fax
The problem is that Mafia in southern people is not a criminal organisation, it is a mentality
Non generalizzare
Master Junky non ha torto
Yes
It seems very country has their own unique problem
Hahaha true
Unique? Spain has also a nort south divide, the us, Germany has east and ovest, Belgium, going back Yugoslavia collapsed because of it. This is far more common than many think
True, this issue needs to be solved ASAP to improve the economy of the whole nation
"Italy faces North South economic divide"
Mmh, yes, the floor here is made out of floor.
@@nousername-zs3yh oh, now that you say it you are right, I have changed it, is it better?
I went to palermo! really NICE and friendly place
some say italy was better off divided, i'd say right now we are better as one single country but we need to get rid of mafia and corrupted politicians, then italy will be free.
Yes, people there need to go to war with the mafia. It will be ugly, but it must get ugly....
Divided when?
@@ColtraneTaylor before Italy was founded so like early to mid 1800s
Indeed. We saw what the nation was capable of in the '80s and early '90s prior to the EU. Third largest economy in the world in 1988.
But dude, mafia is cool
In that sense Italy and my country (Spain) are very simialr. The north of the country is more industrialized with less unemployment and with different cultures and languages, while the south is historically poorer and agricultural. The open character of the south and the calculating character of the north.
Perdona lo estoy d e acuerdo, no el norte en España es tan rico, no el sur tan pobre. He estado varta9s veces en el sur de Italia y sinceramente Granada o Sevilla al lado de Napoles parecen Estocolmo o Oslo.
DeRiot no there’s no such thing southern Spain might be poorer than north but compared to southern Italy it’s rich
Andalusia is better than Campania, Sicily, Puglia and Calabria... very better
North and south are very different. Pizza, mandolin and mafia etc they are all southern stereotypes. Northern Italians have nothing to do with all this.
@Car 1234 La discriminazione è sempre sbagliata.
When you see northerners and southerners fighting each other and you're from the center of italy and the only bad thing they say about you is "la hoha hola hon la hannuccia horta" lol
hahaha si.
I miei cugini toscani mi chiamano Huca invece che Luca
Quanti stereotipi,per gli stranieri l'Italia è tutta uguale, invece non c'è paese più diverso da zona a zona .
Ma la toscana è una delle regioni migliori a parere mio
Ma Toscana è Nord
@@GT-fl9gf Se chiedi a un romano è nord, se chiedi a un milanese è sud... ma chi ci vive sa che è il centro! ;)
All over the world, the cost of corruption is high. Sometimes ghettos create crime, but often crime creates the ghettos. Southern Italy badly needs a criminal cleanup.
North v South of Italy has always reminded me of coastal elites v Appalachia & Central USA. Drastically different cultures.
except the differences aren’t as drastic as this
@@blancavelasquez9859 Pretty different. Manhattan is a world away from WV, just like Milan is a world away from the hills of Calabria. There's no Cosa Nostra in WV, but Joe Manchin and Salavatore Riina do have a lot in common.
Do you really think everyone in NYC or California are elites? The vast majority aren't. Lol
@@the0ne809 of course not everyone, but come to cleveland or west virginia and then go to NYC or SoCal. The difference is visual. Failing infrastructure. Obvious addiction. Lack of opportunity. East Cleveland makes the Bronx look like the south of france.
thks to our heroes!They serve our country against this homertous system and against mafia.
THE HONEST ITALIANS ARE WITH YOU
that's pretty much what's happening globaly, the regions where majority of people are unable to grow and transform, are left undiveloped and poor...
Southern Italy has been part of Europe for ages, it's a completely different issue
@@finolacat8355 No it's not, southern Italy like Northern England haven't adapted to Globalisation or the modern world and so are getting left behind.
@@sdprz7893 Southern Italy's problems predate globalization and are the reason it hasn't adapted to an international market. Northern England was hit hard but used to be a powerhous of the industrial revolution.
@YoStefan From what I've read Northern and Central Italy were always richer and more developed than the South. Even in the Middle Ages. Venice and Genoa were trading powers. The modern Banking system and the rise of Capitalism started in in the Northern and Central parts. In Southern Italy only the Kings and aristocrats were rich. But almost all other people were poor.
@@p.nguyen8136 during the Roman Empire Sicily was very prosperous due to its central location in the Mediterranean. Lots of trade route traffic. The equivalent of centralized airline airport hub today.
The south Italy is more similar to Greece than north Italy…culture people character everything I don’t know the average salaries in south but when I was in Napoli 2 years ago I feel like I am in my homeland…love you bothers 🇮🇹❤️🇬🇷
Italy is beautiful. Italy is one. One day Italy shall be free of her chains. I literally can resist living abroad only because inside I live Italin everyday. I shall return one day to my South. Miss you so much. Curse me and my ambitions, but like all love, things get complicated and emotions are not easy.
Where do you live now?
@@ColtraneTaylor the U.S.A.
@@salvo5108 Ok. How about the Italian-American communities there?
@@salvo5108 Di dove sei?
Sono di Benevento provincia. 😇
2:11 anyone have an idea of where the mic is. Vehicle mounted ?
Looks like Italy is having a similar but less significant situation when it comes organized crime in comparison to the overrun El Salvador.
Northern Italians joke that on Naples car license plates, the letters NA stand for "North Africa".
Could you explain the joke?
@@maxdefazio4660 -- The northern Italians think that southern Italy is not just a different country but even a different continent. The two peoples are very different.
Mafia is the main problem here in Italy, It is estimated that each year mafia in Italy hearns around 138 BILLIONS, now is spreading all over Europe but the UE still doesn't nothing ...
@Frenando López González Proof?
It is called EU, and your crime is your responsibility!
EU is a trade union.
We don't want give up independent justice, because of you corrupt & inefficient Latinos..
It is enough we are paying your bills by millions in subvention!
Stop electing corrupt bunga bunga idiots for a start...
ArrigAutist he meant EU does nothing to stop mafia from spreading into europe.
@@nickn2794 well, people are aggressive when EU influence their life, on the other hand they want EU to control crime in independent countries..
Don't you see the issue with this discrepancy?
If Italians ongoing use democracy electing corrupt idiots like Bunga bunga Berlusconi & daily pay their Mafia neighbours instead of creating a decent society, why should my independent country & liberal values accept a totalitarian EU system with police ?
Idiots make stupid choices.
I don't want further EU regulations or control of my life in my orderly country.
After all we all ready have an institution like Interpol.
Maybe the Italian police should care about efficient police work, as much as fancy uniforms & expensive glory?
Have you noticed the more simple dressed Police, like UK or Scandinavian, the better officers carrying the badge?
Latinos are Latinos..
They cry for mammy, instead of solving their problems.
The Italian political class is corrupt and inefficient, it is probably for this reason that the mafia has never been completely eliminated.
Furthermore, the mentality of some southerners also contributed to the spread of these criminal organizations.
100 billion per year wow
Milan is the capital of lombardia not Italy that is Rome.
Furio put me up on game between the politics of the north and south.
Extra money for the mob at Christmas and Easter. Love it!
It's been like this since before the 1800s
Where are you Prefetto Mori?
We need you again
WHY CAN'T ITALY AND SPECIALLY SOUTHERN ITALY GET RID ONCE FOR ALL OF THIS EXTREMELY STINKY HARMFUL PAINFUL AWFUL MAFIA ?
Probably because a lot of local politicians and police are also involved in crime
To understand the Mafia , you need to understand Islam, from where the Mafia derives. For 200 + years, Sicily was Islamic.
Are u so naive?
When they threaten your children wife property what will you do? When your pets are killed your car burned and you are next, what will YOU do?
Police protection for everyone?
Wake up
Italians can t do it , nobody can period,
Balin Of KhazadDum you should ask yourself why though...Mussolini, like him or not, really wanted to make Italy great and almost managed to eradicate the mafia using his dictatorial powers, unfortunately when the Second World War started he reverted his attention to other topics and the few mafiosi left managed to go into hiding. When the allies decided to attack Sicily they found out the island was well defended and to manage to disembark without having to engage the Italian forces, they collaborated with the mafia promising all the leaders of the various organizations freedom in exange of a place to land. Magically, when the war ended, all the mafia leaders were freed and Italy, beating at first a very weak democracy, didn’t manage to re-eradicate them in time
This is also why there has been a significant Lombardy independence movement.
Lombardy independence makes no sense, the north if anything benefits from the economic stagnation of the south
@@martinsonnenschein9029 no ahahaha
@@martinsonnenschein9029 It is the Lombards who can tell if independence makes sense or not. Lombardy earns nothing from the south, on the contrary it maintains half of Italy with its money. In 2017 lombardy won the referendum on fiscal autonomy with 90% of votes in favor and still nothing has been seen. Moreover, due to immigration, the Lombard culture was severely damaged. The south lives by clinging to what the north leaves it, it functions like a leech that takes without giving anything back.
Wait. I've heard this one before.
unfortunatly Sicily is like the third world, yes Italy is splitted in two parts and the north have to pay for all the country, it is a fact comproved by datas.
So man. Have you ever visited sicily for say that it is like the third world? I think not. Second thing, you say that nord pay for all states... Man are you kidding me?? The north italy is richer than south, it's true, but north don't pay so much man. If you will study more, you would know that the products of northern Italy are sold to the south 3 times as much (related to the price) compared to exports that the north does with European countries. so friend, knowing these data, are you still sure that the south is the one that steals the north? I think the opposite.
@Fernando López González oh man so true... i think that you are a very international expert in politics and foreign economics👏👏
Fernando López González Lol your stupid go back to poor Latin America
Fernando López González we ave the 7th largest economy in the world
@Fernando López González man i don't care if Brasil is more rich. Do you realy think that you are the best??? AHHAAHAH. Italy also only for the country is more beatiful than your😜
Prosperous people rarely migrate away from their region as they are educated, wealthy with a high social status in their community.
I don't see the problem just give the mafia some pizza
My only experience of Milano is the bus station. No luggage storage there,no way to explore between connections.
I guess ocean-front property isn't everything.
It is like reverse Korea.
Hahahaha
Everyone talking about the South and the North, but noone considers central Italy 😂😂😅. I live in central Italy, is not developed like Milan but is much better than the South, I have never been robed or felt unsafe (there are no kids roaming like in the video, is very peaceful here), the streets are not always perfect but are really clean, there isn't the same economic traction of the north but there are many companies based here, services are not super efficient but they work decently and at least in my city the major is doing a great job by remaking and cleaning the streets and stimulating the local economy. I've been to both Milan and Dubai, Milan is basically the Dubai of Italy, I have been to Sicily as well, places like Taormina are well maintained, but aside from this touristic spots is worse than Greece or Southern Spain, I was shocked by Messina, It looked like a favelas of a 3rd world country I couldn't belive that it was in the same country I live in 😱. Anyway Italy is a really strange and divided country specially in Central Italy where every city is different (some are closer to the north, other to the south, the difference is not straight, if you were to drive from Naples to Bologna, the more north you go, the more "developed" the landscape would look (except for Rome that is the Capital), gradually the poor houses would be replaced by small (but clean and kinda developed) Renaissance cities and then by modern cities (Especially Emilia-Romagna is very developed), Central Italy is generally considered :Lazio, Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Emilia-Romagna and Abruzzo.
North: Milan and Skyscrapers/Typical Italian Cities but developed
Central : Renaissance Cities
South : Classic and Historical but poor Cities
but in the end is a beautiful country.
(The Cleanest City in Italy : Troina, is in Sicily LOL :))
Never thought about it that way🤣🤣
Giunta?? Just ask for his brother Furio to take care of it...
Stupida faackin government
Talk about contrast....
Here take this
Many countries are looking for and trying to recruit architects and civil engineers etc. like crazy.
Of course, one may prefer to stay in the region he/she was born, but unfortunately, if you gotta go, you gotta go.
Somehow reminds me of Greece.
I'm Greek and we are way worst
South Italy has been colonized by greeks.
@@s_ggggg really?
Everyone talking about the South and the North, but noone considers central Italy 😂😂😅. I live in central Italy, is not developed like Milan but is much better than the South, I have never been robed or felt unsafe (there are no kids roaming like in the video, is very peaceful here), the streets are not always perfect but are really clean, there isn't the same economic traction of the north but there are many companies based here, services are not super efficient but they work decently and at least in my city the major is doing a great job by remaking and cleaning the streets and stimulating the local economy. I've been to both Milan and Dubai, Milan is basically the Dubai of Italy, I have been to Sicily as well, places like Taormina are well maintained, but aside from this touristic spots is worse than Greece or Southern Spain, I was shocked by Messina, It looked like a favelas of a 3rd world country I couldn't belive that it was in the same country I live in 😱. Anyway Italy is a really strange and divided country specially in Central Italy where every city is different (some are closer to the north, other to the south, the difference is not straight, if you were to drive from Naples to Bologna, the more north you go, the more "developed" the landscape would look (except for Rome that is the Capital), gradually the poor houses would be replaced by small (but clean and kinda developed) Renaissance cities and then by modern cities (Especially Emilia-Romagna is very developed), Central Italy is generally considered :Lazio, Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Emilia-Romagna and Abruzzo.
North: Milan and Skyscrapers/Typical Italian Cities but developed
Central : Renaissance Cities
South : Classic and Historical but poor Cities
but in the end is a beautiful country.
(The Cleanest City in Italy : Troina, is in Sicily LOL :))
@@s_ggggg I'm italian and trust me that Greece is in way better conditions than South Italy.
Crack down hard on the Mafia, and I mean hard.
That's what we are trying to do. Trust me if I say those bastards unfortunately are smart enough to stay out of prison
Theyve tried many times, at times having trials for hundreds of people at once.
Indian watching Italian news on french news channel
Italian replying to Indian on US website carrying a French video about Italy: circle closed :D
Hahahaah, I watch Indian Films Like Paava Kadhaigal, greetings from an Italian In Dubai 👋🏻
The Swiss call the Southern part "Mexico". That should tell you what you need to know about North vs South.
is it true? XD
@@Alice-rc2hw Ya, sadly it is true. I lived in Switzerland and heard it and went to Italy with Swiss and heard it then too--even more than usual. And worst of all, it's accurate: criminals run and ruin the South of Italy, same as Mexico. I'm sure both will eventually clean that mess up, but many people will suffer until they do.
@@24tommyst well, Mexico is a beautiful place I suppose :-)
This is so disinformative!
@@MariaMaria-cr8fx What is?
actually i’m from *CENTER* (yes it exist) Italy and i want to explain things a little bit to foreigners... italy is actually divided in three not in two as a common belief:
- *the north:* rich and industrialized part, clean where people are acculturated and they respect rules (northern italians share similarities with france or northern europe actually, in fact there is also a colder weather and the italian alps in border with austria and france and switzerland, the mentality is very similar and the richness in general) and the most two iconic cities are Milan (the most industrialized and rich city in Italy) and Venice, Turin, Genoa, Bologna
- *the center:* not too different from the north in terms of richness and development and culture, but less industrialized and less organized and the people are more welcoming and warm and chatty, iconic cities like Rome (capital) and Florence are in the center, but also Sardinia. Us from the center are very neutral about this diaspora between north and south and i think we are the true italians here... also because we didn’t have many invasions by foreign civilizations during history because the center italy has always been under the Papal State (Vatican) for a lot, and still is, so it remained latin (roman, as romans were originated by latins and spoke latin)
- *the south:* the most poor and undeveloped part, where mafia rules the most (and also where mafia is born) and that’s why many southern italians emigrate. You don’t see many emigration coming from center/north italians, and i explained why, and i have to add that it’s also the part where (sorry but it’s my opinion) the strongest dialects come from basically people in my opinion don’t put the effort to talk in standard italian and they prefer to use their dialects (the ones popular in mafia families for americans basically SUPERMARIO LOL) but again their dialects are too strong honestly... italian is a romance language, melodic and sweet is the language of music, opera...so it really sucks that there is (especially in USA) this stereotype that italians talk like supermario or like mafia bosses. This is true for the southern italians as i explained, in the center/north people talk standard italian and less dialects with a proper accent. If you hear standard italian is completely different from the dialects spoken in south of italy especially, and southern italians in general even when they talk standard italian they have (sorry) really strong accents😂But also i think the south is the most gorgeous and iconic part of Italy (Amalfi coast, Capri, Naples, Sicily, Positano, ecc)
Us from the center as i said want truly a united Italy, but Italy is veeeery divided not only from north to center to south but also from region to region! The fact is that Italy unified very late on the contrary of other european countries, in 1861, and before it was divided in different regions who talked different dialects and had different cultures basically... a BIG MESS! Italy is my home, a gorgeous country full of history and culture and art, marvelous places, food and warm people.. so we have to unite from north to south! 🇮🇹🕊
@A B ho semplicemente descritto la realtà dei fatti... ho spiegato come è divisa l’Italia. Ma se leggi bene ho anche scritto che dovremmo essere tutti uniti da nord a sud ma ti sei concentrato/a solo su quello che ti pare
@A B secondo me non è molto distante dalla realtà dei fatti onestamente
@@francesca_415 Ma come fa ad essere "la realtà dei fatti" se ogni 3 parole scrivi che "in your opinion" i loro dialetti fanno schifo 😂
@@leandroulpio7473 si ho scritto nella mia opinione per essere più precisa... ma in realtà è l’opinione di molti. Se capiste il significato generale di quello che ho scritto invece di pesare le piccole parole insignificanti magari...
@@francesca_415 Ma cosa c'entra l'opinione di molti (chi?) con la realtà dei fatti? Dai, chi si offende ha la coda di paglia.
Geography probably plays a role
Everyone talking about the South and the North, but noone considers central Italy 😂😂😅. I live in central Italy, is not developed like Milan but is much better than the South, I have never been robed or felt unsafe (there are no kids roaming like in the video, is very peaceful here), the streets are not always perfect but are really clean, there isn't the same economic traction of the north but there are many companies based here, services are not super efficient but they work decently and at least in my city the major is doing a great job by remaking and cleaning the streets and stimulating the local economy. I've been to both Milan and Dubai, Milan is basically the Dubai of Italy, I have been to Sicily as well, places like Taormina are well maintained, but aside from this touristic spots is worse than Greece or Southern Spain, I was shocked by Messina, It looked like a favelas of a 3rd world country I couldn't belive that it was in the same country I live in 😱. Anyway Italy is a really strange and divided country specially in Central Italy where every city is different (some are closer to the north, other to the south, the difference is not straight, if you were to drive from Naples to Bologna, the more north you go, the more "developed" the landscape would look (except for Rome that is the Capital), gradually the poor houses would be replaced by small (but clean and kinda developed) Renaissance cities and then by modern cities (Especially Emilia-Romagna is very developed), Central Italy is generally considered :Lazio, Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Emilia-Romagna and Abruzzo.
North: Milan and Skyscrapers/Typical Italian Cities but developed
Central : Renaissance Cities
South : Classic and Historical but poor Cities
but in the end is a beautiful country.
(The Cleanest City in Italy : Troina, is in Sicily LOL :))
Southern Italy has similar geography to California, and Spain, and yet it is still much poorer.
@@frigidlava617 I see what you're saying with terrain but keep in mind southern Italy is a remote isolated peninsula.
@@usts6su19 Thanks for all the great information!
And England thinks they have a significant North-South divide.
It’s the opposite way around for the uk
If you want to raise awareness of the South issues you could at least try to translate the subtitles properly.
seems all problems related to 'economy'..
The same problems
I'm sure the italians will straighten up and fly right. oh wait .
He said it helps factory workers with repetitive task. I think what he meant was it replaces factory workers that do repetitive task.
Basically, why do you need to pay people to do repetitive tasks when you can pay robots nothing, for the same job done perfectly 24/7
@@Kumbaso If you care about humanity, and you care about your country and also that the jobless don't come after you in groups.
well security may be overpriced but am sure the italian mafia gives you bonuses every now and then, you know like a HIT ON THE HOUSE or something
Quick explanation for anybody who’s not Italian, the north and the south of Italy are 2 completely different countries, different gdp different culture different way of living different traditions and different behaviour (talking about averages ofc). North of Italy is the backspine of the county’s economy, it carries the whole nation (especially the regions of Lombardia, Piemonte and Veneto, where the gdp and the gdp pro capita is higher and it’s comparable to those of northern eu countries). The south on the other hand is the least industrialized and developed half, who’s mostly known for tourism and for the internationalized stereotypes of the average italian (see “pizza, pasta, mandolino, mafia” and so on). All of these stereotypes originated from southern Italians, the northern counterpart has little to nothing to do with them.
2000*2000€+/month, Jesus.
Am I the only one that read "shark"?
A lot of been made from a tax point of view to support local businesses in Italy.
I was under the assumption the Mafia was largely a TV phenomenon with Sopranos and the Corleone family, I'm surprised they still call the shots in more economically disaffected areas?
Just like us in the uk then
We don't have mafia like that? Plus it's the north in the UK that's poorer.
Everyone talking about the South and the North, but noone considers central Italy 😂😂😅. I live in central Italy, is not developed like Milan but is much better than the South, I have never been robed or felt unsafe (there are no kids roaming like in the video, is very peaceful here), the streets are not always perfect but are really clean, there isn't the same economic traction of the north but there are many companies based here, services are not super efficient but they work decently and at least in my city the major is doing a great job by remaking and cleaning the streets and stimulating the local economy. I've been to both Milan and Dubai, Milan is basically the Dubai of Italy, I have been to Sicily as well, places like Taormina are well maintained, but aside from this touristic spots is worse than Greece or Southern Spain, I was shocked by Messina, It looked like a favelas of a 3rd world country I couldn't belive that it was in the same country I live in 😱. Anyway Italy is a really strange and divided country specially in Central Italy where every city is different (some are closer to the north, other to the south, the difference is not straight, if you were to drive from Naples to Bologna, the more north you go, the more "developed" the landscape would look (except for Rome that is the Capital), gradually the poor houses would be replaced by small (but clean and kinda developed) Renaissance cities and then by modern cities (Especially Emilia-Romagna is very developed), Central Italy is generally considered :Lazio, Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Emilia-Romagna and Abruzzo.
North: Milan and Skyscrapers/Typical Italian Cities but developed
Central : Renaissance Cities
South : Classic and Historical but poor Cities
but in the end is a beautiful country.
(The Cleanest City in Italy : Troina, is in Sicily LOL :))
Well, we are a bit worse
They need to make tax free special economic zones in southern Italy. And then start putting tax lien on Mafia properties for not paying their fair share of taxes from illegal extortion income.
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Exactly!!!
Everyone talking about the South and the North, but noone considers central Italy 😂😂😅. I live in central Italy, is not developed like Milan but is much better than the South, I have never been robed or felt unsafe (there are no kids roaming like in the video, is very peaceful here), the streets are not always perfect but are really clean, there isn't the same economic traction of the north but there are many companies based here, services are not super efficient but they work decently and at least in my city the major is doing a great job by remaking and cleaning the streets and stimulating the local economy. I've been to both Milan and Dubai, Milan is basically the Dubai of Italy, I have been to Sicily as well, places like Taormina are well maintained, but aside from this touristic spots is worse than Greece or Southern Spain, I was shocked by Messina, It looked like a favelas of a 3rd world country I couldn't belive that it was in the same country I live in 😱. Anyway Italy is a really strange and divided country specially in Central Italy where every city is different (some are closer to the north, other to the south, the difference is not straight, if you were to drive from Naples to Bologna, the more north you go, the more "developed" the landscape would look (except for Rome that is the Capital), gradually the poor houses would be replaced by small (but clean and kinda developed) Renaissance cities and then by modern cities (Especially Emilia-Romagna is very developed), Central Italy is generally considered :Lazio, Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Emilia-Romagna and Abruzzo.
North: Milan and Skyscrapers/Typical Italian Cities but developed
Central : Renaissance Cities
South : Classic and Historical but poor Cities
but in the end is a beautiful country.
(The Cleanest City in Italy : Troina, is in Sicily LOL :))
Southern Italy IS practically tax-free, a huge percentage of people do not declare their income. This happens in the North, too, but it is not so widespread
@@usts6su19 Thank you for taking the time to give us a "report": So many of us are living through other's experiences, so, many of us cannot travel (-$)
south italy unfortunately is like Medellin...but there is one big difference, for once in Colombia stood against organized crime, meanwhile italian politicians will ALWAYS be supporting the criminal organizationss, it is like this since the foundation of the country
Like medellin???!!! Please shut up
@@lorenzoallegrucci5840 e, quale sarebbe la differenza? Forse sei uno di quei napoletani che si offendono se si dice che si sono sutoavvelenati con i rifiuti interrati?
I never expected this to Italy. I thought they were having an almost perfect societal and daily-living system.
Where are you from? We are in a bad shape :(
@@Jason-hk6fx I'm from the Philippines. Italy is of course richer but I really did not expect it for Italy.
@2 A wdym?
Everyone talking about the South and the North, but noone considers central Italy 😂😂😅. I live in central Italy, is not developed like Milan but is much better than the South, I have never been robed or felt unsafe (there are no kids roaming like in the video, is very peaceful here), the streets are not always perfect but are really clean, there isn't the same economic traction of the north but there are many companies based here, services are not super efficient but they work decently and at least in my city the major is doing a great job by remaking and cleaning the streets and stimulating the local economy. I've been to both Milan and Dubai, Milan is basically the Dubai of Italy, I have been to Sicily as well, places like Taormina are well maintained, but aside from this touristic spots is worse than Greece or Southern Spain, I was shocked by Messina, It looked like a favelas of a 3rd world country I couldn't belive that it was in the same country I live in 😱. Anyway Italy is a really strange and divided country specially in Central Italy where every city is different (some are closer to the north, other to the south, the difference is not straight, if you were to drive from Naples to Bologna, the more north you go, the more "developed" the landscape would look (except for Rome that is the Capital), gradually the poor houses would be replaced by small (but clean and kinda developed) Renaissance cities and then by modern cities (Especially Emilia-Romagna is very developed), Central Italy is generally considered :Lazio, Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Emilia-Romagna and Abruzzo.
North: Milan and Skyscrapers/Typical Italian Cities but developed
Central : Renaissance Cities
South : Classic and Historical but poor Cities
but in the end is a beautiful country.
(The Cleanest City in Italy : Troina, is in Sicily LOL :))
Unfortunately no...Here people are angry and the society is depressed because of all these problems that aren't solved, also there isn't modernization and infrastructures so young peoppe always go abroad to Germany or Benelux and it's very sad for us....
The history of Italy points to regional governments, cultures, language and prosperity. The unification of Italy brought out these differences. Some historians feel that it was imposed and is still fragile. Those in the South migrated largely to North America seeking to get away from their threadbare existence. Today more just move to the North. Sadly the mafia has carved out the South. Empty old towns testify to this cancer. But media movement and education have smoothed the younger generation ‘s sense of difference, language, and formed a common national culture into points of regional pride. This greater Italian spirit now spans the globe and continues to keep Italy in the Pantheon of great European nation states.
In Italy we have 3 regions forced to keep the rest of Italy, just look at the tax residue of the Italian regions to understand the situation, in the north we work, in the south we live in subsistence with the money from the north.
Tax Residue:
Bavaria: 1.5 billion euros
Catalonia 8 billion euros
Lombardy 56 billion euros
ARGENCHANGO Guapetón
from your name I suppose you a South American ..and that say it all
,you have no idea of what italy rapresent in the cultured world and what that little peninsula gave to all now civilized world . usted no sabe y tampoco puede comprender.
@@hecatombhenbaneharuspex6303 serve più iq per chiedere il pizzo
Italian Fascist it doesn’t change much if they don’t use it
Fabio padana libera!!....
Fu c k you
Why mafia can't reach businessman on the north of Italy? It's two different countries or what? Very primitive video
They actually do. Mafia infiltrated not only north
Italy but north Europe aswell
@@althealieniz5200
Then why is it so prevalent in the south compared to the North?
@@eca3101 they just operate in different ways depending on the area where they settle
@@eca3101 because of the economic situation. Northern Italians do not need the Mafia to find employment or stuff like that, so the Mafia can't control Northern Italy as it does in Southern Italy. However, mafia members are likely to act as white-collars in Northern Italy.
@@eca3101 because they are from there and have an established presence
Furio spoke of this... UP IN DA CLUB!
This guy should of called his relative Furio Giunta to take care of the problem.
there a bee on your hat
@@rlla-hz2cl give me a thousand dollars for that comment !
I thought Italy is facing North and South divide for more than 100 years?
Everyone talking about the South and the North, but noone considers central Italy 😂😂😅. I live in central Italy, is not developed like Milan but is much better than the South, I have never been robed or felt unsafe (there are no kids roaming like in the video, is very peaceful here), the streets are not always perfect but are really clean, there isn't the same economic traction of the north but there are many companies based here, services are not super efficient but they work decently and at least in my city the major is doing a great job by remaking and cleaning the streets and stimulating the local economy. I've been to both Milan and Dubai, Milan is basically the Dubai of Italy, I have been to Sicily as well, places like Taormina are well maintained, but aside from this touristic spots is worse than Greece or Southern Spain, I was shocked by Messina, It looked like a favelas of a 3rd world country I couldn't belive that it was in the same country I live in 😱. Anyway Italy is a really strange and divided country specially in Central Italy where every city is different (some are closer to the north, other to the south, the difference is not straight, if you were to drive from Naples to Bologna, the more north you go, the more "developed" the landscape would look (except for Rome that is the Capital), gradually the poor houses would be replaced by small (but clean and kinda developed) Renaissance cities and then by modern cities (Especially Emilia-Romagna is very developed), Central Italy is generally considered :Lazio, Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Emilia-Romagna and Abruzzo.
North: Milan and Skyscrapers/Typical Italian Cities but developed
Central : Renaissance Cities
South : Classic and Historical but poor Cities
but in the end is a beautiful country.
(The Cleanest City in Italy : Troina, is in Sicily LOL :))
Actually I would say something like 1000 years
Developed north vs undeveloped south. United States history flashbacks.
Maybe, they'll build bunkers in Antarctica and Greenland for the final showdown?
that divide always existed.if it wasnt regional it was between individuals
Not 2 but 3 different countries... North, center and south.
And Sardinia
As a southern italian I incorporate central Italy to north Italy. There are not so many differences.
@@michelealbanese3261 Il Lazio mi sembra più simile al sud mentre la Toscana al nord.
@@masterjunky863 comunque ti avevo risposto sotto altri tuoi commenti contro il sud ma non sono arrivati purtroppo
@@masterjunky863 Io a Roma ci ho vissuto e per me fa parte del nord se devo fare una divisione tra nord e sud, Toscana e Lazio sono molto simili sia come dialetto che come modi di fare. L'Abruzzo lo farei rientrare nel sud forse solo la zona di Pescara.
Some times Italy seems a first world country with shades of 3rd world country...
Sometimes?! I went to Italy several times and I can say for sure South America is better.
@@hbbstn South America is better than Italy? Please, you must be joking. Argentina has worse stats than Sicily, Brazil with the Favelas? C'mon...you can't say me that South America is better than Lombardy, Veneto, Trentino Alto-Adige, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli Venezia-Giulia...
Imagine a dude with a luxury jacket and nylon bag pants, that's Italy
@@hbbstn Stop with bad drugs and you won't "visit" Italy anymore
Every country show that, maybe only Northern Europe and Switzerland can save themselves
The funny thing about Italy is that at the time of Re-unification the “Kingdom of the Two Sicilies” was the richest and most advanced nation on the Italian peninsula. The South had the first railway in Italy (1839), the first steamship (1818), the first telegraph and the streets of Naples were gas lit in 1836. What is said about the South today was said about the North in the past. So what went wrong? Probably the Re-unification of Italy resulted in the new country’s focusing all its efforts on building a new nation with a new capital in Rome. Money and resources moved North and the southern part of Italy never recovered.
This is a common misunderstanding, it wasn't actually like that, this is an excuse used by southern italians to justify their lack of civic sense. Actually the south was as rich as the Kingdom of Sardinia in the north but had a mostly agricultural economy whilst the north was much more industrialized. When the industrial revolution came through the north got richer and the south lagged behind, then mafia was born and it only got things worse. Also it is a flat out lie that the government invests more money in the north, actually it is the exact opposite 😂 through the decades various funds for the riqualifications of the south were established and most of the European Union money goes there. The problem is that mafia always has its hand in public finances and always takes a big chunk of it. The widespred lack of civic sense by the southern people only makes things worse because there's never enough taxes' income for the local administrators (which are also corrupted or controlled by the mafia itself) to promote economic growth
LOL, so are you saying that the southerners are stupid coz they passively accepted it...
Edit: I check on Google and actually at the time of the unification the North was already richer
Turabolin Jon Jones Somehow, at the time of unification, those Neapolitan agriculturalists possessed the largest steel works in Italy, the largest shipyards, the first telegraph in Italy, the first railway and were ranked as the third country in the world for industrial development at the 1856 Paris International Exhibition. Financially the kingdom possessed gold reserves (443 million gold lire) 5x those of its nearest competitor in Italy, the Papal States. Piedmont-Sardinia had gold reserves of only 27 million gold lire and they were also deeply in debt. Unification was forced on the South when Garibaldi invaded in 1860 and annexed the Kingdom to Sardinia. More likely the unification required the gold of the Two Sicilies to finance the project.
Stefano R The South didn’t passively accept it. They were invaded by Garibaldi with Piedmontese-Sardinian troops and annexed to the Kingdom of Sardinia. In the occupation and aftermath several revolts occurred. The Unification of Italy was not quite the happy affair they teach in school. No amount spin is going to get around the fact that in 1860 the Two Sicilies had the largest steel works, the largest shipyards, the first railway, the first telegraph, the largest gold reserves and even a better education system (one in two university students in Italy were in the Two Sicilies). Turin didn’t industrialize until the late 19th century long after the South. Until 1859 Milan and much of the North (Venezia) was an Austrian possession who had little interest in industrializing the region.
@@johncorkery4924 I think you did your homework wrong. Read the Nitti report and you'll get all the info you need.
Italy already has a high unemployment rate, and this will cause more businesses to close and cost more jobs.
Lombardy, where I live, was one of the regions most affected by the pandemic in Europe and in the world. The economy has suffered, but now there is a lot of work, the factories are working at full capacity, the bars and restaurants are full again. I am confident for the future.
The mafia is the pasta and the sauces are Salvini Renzi Berlusconi. Buon appetito
E in italia manco se ne parla della mafia
The mafia must be really suffering right now. Covid, covid.
The same thing happens here in Mexico.
Gabagool? OVA HERE!!
there's a bee on your hat
Mamma mia
Mamma mia? Ok: ma cosa?
Say "Madonna Puttana"
@@hecatombhenbaneharuspex6303 Rifatti le elementari
*gunshot.mp3*
Question is why italy is in the euro. and there is no help to the south? Because all the money that go's to the south disappears. If you calculate how much all south spended in the last 50 years you would be shocked!!!🇮🇹
@4 hours ago corruption & crime as lifestyle..
yeah you might see some farms with EU funding. but they manage to let funds that were assigned to certain regions expire due to inefficiency and burocracy.
The idea of making people pay money for protection from you is just the most gangsteresque thing i can think of 😂😂😂
There is no anything of fun about this
@@mrtube8906 never said it was fun its just a comical idea its like a cop pulling you over for a broken tail light he bashed out with the billy bat on the way up to your car
@@derickburke7171 sorry i I had misunderstood the meaning of the sentence
@@derickburke7171 Hahahaha
@@mrtube8906 praticamente ha detto che è come se un poliziotto ti arrestasse perché ti ha rotto la luce della macchina.
2:27, yeah more likely he's on the payroll.
The deference is that the South Italy is at all a Greek place. Not only by the history but also the image of cities the human characters and the landscapes are very similar to Greece than ever other place in the world.
@Kor Kalom what you mean with Balkan state?
@Kor Kalom As i can see you have not any idea about history! Greece and south italy is full of ancient monuments in greek language. This area is global known as Magna Grecia. In this area people speak a greek ancient dialect named Greco. Names of cities as Napoli Nea polis in greek means new city! Before to have an opinion open your eyes and see the real story...
Everyone talking about the South and the North, but noone considers central Italy 😂😂😅. I live in central Italy, is not developed like Milan but is much better than the South, I have never been robed or felt unsafe (there are no kids roaming like in the video, is very peaceful here), the streets are not always perfect but are really clean, there isn't the same economic traction of the north but there are many companies based here, services are not super efficient but they work decently and at least in my city the major is doing a great job by remaking and cleaning the streets and stimulating the local economy. I've been to both Milan and Dubai, Milan is basically the Dubai of Italy, I have been to Sicily as well, places like Taormina are well maintained, but aside from this touristic spots is worse than Greece or Southern Spain, I was shocked by Messina, It looked like a favelas of a 3rd world country I couldn't belive that it was in the same country I live in 😱. Anyway Italy is a really strange and divided country specially in Central Italy where every city is different (some are closer to the north, other to the south, the difference is not straight, if you were to drive from Naples to Bologna, the more north you go, the more "developed" the landscape would look (except for Rome that is the Capital), gradually the poor houses would be replaced by small (but clean and kinda developed) Renaissance cities and then by modern cities (Especially Emilia-Romagna is very developed), Central Italy is generally considered :Lazio, Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Emilia-Romagna and Abruzzo.
North: Milan and Skyscrapers/Typical Italian Cities but developed
Central : Renaissance Cities
South : Classic and Historical but poor Cities
but in the end is a beautiful country.
(The Cleanest City in Italy : Troina, is in Sicily LOL :))
I agree South Italy and Greece are geographically the same while Spain is more desertic. That's why we used to make famous Italian Western movies near Alicante in past.
You gonna eat that DeNiro
They’ve been battling this for as long as Italy has been a country. It’s surprising that they can’t rid the country of this problem of the mafia.
Bozen is good city 😄
04:49, WHAAAAAAAATTTTTTT? Feels awfully German or Japanese with that kind of technology?
Gucci, Valentino. That’s what Italy is to me
Why is a news show in France speaking English?
Pls send john wick there
So southern Italy is one of the poorest regions of Western Europe. But Italian-Americans, most of whom are descendant of southerners, are one of the most successful ethnic groups in the US in terms of business, politics, science and technology.
We are naturally creative people and, if we are well educated, extremely cultured. We are not beasts.
I fortunately live very well in Italy. The problem is not always the people but the historical period that one lives. Until the 2000s we were in the top 5 of world powers, now we are seventh.
Jason Voorheese and mindset
Well the two things are linked. Since finding a job in south Italy is hard and starting a business is almost suicide those who want to be succesfull are prone to go towards richer countries. This is expecially true for those who have a degree, who escape the country so frequenly that there is a term for it "fuga di cervelli" which translates to "brains on the run".
Also it's easier for a southener to find a job in another countries rather than in the north because of stereotypes.