an all out trade war with the u.s. that s of course the main topic of friday s summit of a huge trade and economy ministers in austria but ministers will be keen to discuss another issue too and that is italy italy has accused the european commission of ruining it rome is determined to fulfill its electoral promises of lowering taxes and the age of retirement but that would increase national debt the european commission insists italy must first soften its fiscal discipline instead italy wants to reduce the end of a mystery but tax dodges in terms of national debt italy is second only to greece in the e.u. . so quo vadis italy let s bring in someone who should know because she is an undersecretary of state of the ministry if you know my development and joins us now from the used meeting then in spoke mr secretary there s been some
more. it fulfilled an eerie prediction that a large earthquake would strike on may 11th, 2011. the thing is, the quake was supposed to strike italy, not spain. that prediction has long troubled romans, so much so that many shops were closed and school attendance was low. this woman slept in her car until it got too cold. according to internet rumor, it was raffaele bendandi back in 1915 who predicted the big one would hit rome. in fact he never said any such thing but the mere rumor was enough to panic rome, despite government efforts to keep calm. while italians stayed on high alert, their neighboring spaniards had no idea they d be hit by not one but two quakes. the second, a 5.4 magnitude monster. the nation s worst earthquake in 50 years. and it turns out while that particular rumor may have been false bendandi did accurately predict a few other quakes. so hit or miss there.
people are afraid. isis has been threatening to hit rome for some time, but after paris, it just seems more foreboding. there are more than 2,000 additional security personnel on the streets, but half of the battalions still think something is goi work for this