This week skype xchange has been quite difficult because of some technological problems with the pc and the microphones, so we actually waste a lot of time trying to establish a connection with our American peers! Moreover many of us, and many Americans too were absent so groups and couples were different. In my group we were 4 plus a colleague from Dickinson…what a mess! Anyway, we went on speaking about politics, candidates and who is probably going to win here and overseas. I discovered that in the USA, there are people who go to schools and Universities to explain to the students the different ideas and programs of the candidates and I do actually think that this is a very nice enterprise. I mean, schools and University should be kind of neutral but one of education’s aim should be that of create capable and careful citizens. As matter of fact, young people may not be interested in politics at all, or they can often be too lazy in order to find out helpful information which can facilitate them in deciding who to vote for. For that reason, informing boys and girls it’s a very good idea. I also asked to my peer what about Obama girls’ songs…Lol! She told me that this is not a real group but we agreed about the fact that this videos are quite funny and mocking. She also told me that she saw the videos about Berlusconi and Walter which are on our course blog. As far as our peer said, it sounds as if Berlusconi is the only Italian politician well known …What a bad image we have got around the world!! 
Speaking about politics and elections, which are the outstanding topics in this period, Sarah asked us to express our ideas about immigration and consequently the relevant problem of the voting right for the immigrants! As a matter of fact, every country follows its immigration policy, and citizenship is the goal to reach which confers duties and rights among which there is also the right to vote. As far as Italy is concerned, the article 48 of our Constitution, sanctions that the persons entitled to vote are those over 18 and with Italian citizenship. Thus, the origin of all the troubles is the Suffrage-the right- to vote which generally derives from citizenship…So, the main point is how to get citizenship! European foreign residents, even though they are not Italian, can vote here in Italy, while others, non-Europeans, did not. Thus the problems deals with the foreign and extra-communitarians which are regularly established in the national territory. In fact, those people are not allowed to vote and any change in order to allow them to vote, would imply a constitutional amendment. The situation in the other European countries is quite different, in many of them, like Ireland, Swedish, Denmark, Holland, Luxemburg and others, the criteria is easier. An immigrant has got to demonstrate that he/she is living in the country, that he/she establish and after some month (6 month in Ireland) or years (3 years in Swedish) they obtain the right to vote.
But here in Italy everything’s complicated. It seems like Italy forgot its past, as a matter of fact, some time ago Italy was a country of emigrants, whereas now it has become a country of immigration. Nowadays, there are around 3 million immigrants living regularly in Italy (ISTAT 2006 estimate), making up 5% of the total population. Caritas suggest that 3.7 million migrants live in Italy but still there are many undocumented immigrants which live in very poor and often unhealthy conditions. Even though immigration is a reality here in Italy, we still haven’t got a good strategy to face this phenomena! From one point of view there is no doubt about the fact that we need immigration! Immigration brings here manpower and often, immigrants do all the
jobs that Italians don’t want to do anymore, immigrants do care our elders and contribute to the increasing of births. But from another point of view, immigration raise a lot of problems about social aspect of life as economy, welfare, education, heath care, prostitution, crime and human rights.
Personally, I think that Immigration and the voting right are serious political issue in this period of election and the debate is really fervent because it touches many aspect of our social and political sphere. There is not a univocal solution to this problem, and the way is still long. Let’s hope that the commonsense and the integration would prevail!!
Speaking about politics and elections, which are the outstanding topics in this period, Sarah asked us to express our ideas about immigration and consequently the relevant problem of the voting right for the immigrants! As a matter of fact, every country follows its immigration policy, and citizenship is the goal to reach which confers duties and rights among which there is also the right to vote. As far as Italy is concerned, the article 48 of our Constitution, sanctions that the persons entitled to vote are those over 18 and with Italian citizenship. Thus, the origin of all the troubles is the Suffrage-the right- to vote which generally derives from citizenship…So, the main point is how to get citizenship! European foreign residents, even though they are not Italian, can vote here in Italy, while others, non-Europeans, did not. Thus the problems deals with the foreign and extra-communitarians which are regularly established in the national territory. In fact, those people are not allowed to vote and any change in order to allow them to vote, would imply a constitutional amendment. The situation in the other European countries is quite different, in many of them, like Ireland, Swedish, Denmark, Holland, Luxemburg and others, the criteria is easier. An immigrant has got to demonstrate that he/she is living in the country, that he/she establish and after some month (6 month in Ireland) or years (3 years in Swedish) they obtain the right to vote.
But here in Italy everything’s complicated. It seems like Italy forgot its past, as a matter of fact, some time ago Italy was a country of emigrants, whereas now it has become a country of immigration. Nowadays, there are around 3 million immigrants living regularly in Italy (ISTAT 2006 estimate), making up 5% of the total population. Caritas suggest that 3.7 million migrants live in Italy but still there are many undocumented immigrants which live in very poor and often unhealthy conditions. Even though immigration is a reality here in Italy, we still haven’t got a good strategy to face this phenomena! From one point of view there is no doubt about the fact that we need immigration! Immigration brings here manpower and often, immigrants do all the
jobs that Italians don’t want to do anymore, immigrants do care our elders and contribute to the increasing of births. But from another point of view, immigration raise a lot of problems about social aspect of life as economy, welfare, education, heath care, prostitution, crime and human rights.Personally, I think that Immigration and the voting right are serious political issue in this period of election and the debate is really fervent because it touches many aspect of our social and political sphere. There is not a univocal solution to this problem, and the way is still long. Let’s hope that the commonsense and the integration would prevail!!
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