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Rome: Uncertain times call for delicate EU diplomacy (Photo: Giampaolo Macorig)

Italy: Crime falls, but populists play on fear

While fear about crime and immigration runs high in Italy, crime rates and the number of new arrivals are actually falling.

Italy's nationalist right wing is tapping into this unease, but what are the chances of shifting public opinion back towards the facts?

There is a paradox in Italy: illegal immigration and crime are increasingly prominent in the political discourse, even though they are declining.

The latest report by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, a German foundation, on ...

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Craig Willy is a Brussels-based EU affairs writer. He has written reports for the Bertelsmann Stiftung and has done media analysis for the European Commission.

Rome: Uncertain times call for delicate EU diplomacy (Photo: Giampaolo Macorig)

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Craig Willy is a Brussels-based EU affairs writer. He has written reports for the Bertelsmann Stiftung and has done media analysis for the European Commission.

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