election is mostly being fought online all parties are promising more money some even proposing a universal basic income but even the unions balk at that. frank i mean i honestly find the idea to introduce a universal basic income exaggerated this would allow any italian citizen to have an income but it would be too expensive. italy is still feeling some of the effects of the global recession banks are still struggling with mountains of bad debt and whilst luxury apartments of the rich tower ostentation over milan eight million italians live in poverty some one and a half million mainly young and highly qualified people have left the country since the recession yet a ten percent unemployment here is still above the e.u. average some observers warn that a far greater problem is lurking in the background poll say that eighty percent of