They do have rather a loose cannon in charge now.
Yeah i don’t know what to make of the Italy person in charge now...Salvini. Trump tweeted that he likes him.
Beyond yelling trendy slogans about migrant boats, and sticking the middle finger back at Brussels - at the end of the day, you gotta actually know how to run and manage a country. Whether this man...and Italy, is capable remains to be seen. His background is in leftist community activism, not private sector or anything business oriented.
Merkel has been able to get away with all the craziness she has in large part because the German economy has done so well.
Italy on the other hand has historically struggled economically since before the migrant crisis and perhaps before even the E.U. was created...