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Prime minister Guiseppe Conte: 'I am not at all convinced that this infrastructure project is what Italy needs' (Photo: Consilium)

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Italy train row exposes competing views of EU

Prime minister Guiseppe Conte: 'I am not at all convinced that this infrastructure project is what Italy needs' (Photo: Consilium)

As Italians head towards voting booths for the European elections this weekend, a big infrastructure project funded by the EU has rekindled opposing views of Europe, as well the country's own development.

According to its promoters a new railway-tunnel for high-speed trains through the Alps between Turin and Lyon is paramount to both Italian and European progress.

Since a decision was taken in 1989 to carve out a tunnel to connect Italy with high-speed railways in Northern Europ...

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