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Italy: a story with the Europe Italian citizenship after wwII

Italy after WWII was horribly devastated both economically and socially. Italy after WWII

In this situation, the leaders of the European nations decided to join forces to rebuild the nation from the rubble of war. The creation of the European Coal and Steel Community was the first step to the EU. CECA

Another step was the creation of the Euratom, a treaty that put in sharing the energy produced by nuclear power plants among all member countries. Euratom

In these years happened what we Italian call the economic miracle, an exponential economic growth that took place in Italy in the 60s. The economic miracle

Yet in those years terrorist attacks occurred. They culminated in the kidnapping and murder of the Prime Minister Aldo Moro by the Red Brigates, a movement of the extreme left. Italy: the years of lead

In the 1992, with the Maastricht Treaty the European Union with 13 member states was born. 1992: European Union

In 2002 in Italy the euro was introduced thus letting us enter the eurozone. 2002: Euro

From 2008 it has developed a global economic crisis has being in force. It hit Italy in a heavy way. We are still copying with it... Shall we get out? Economic Crisis

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