Russian and Chinese Influence in Italy Requires Investigation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : One issue that makes the left unpopular is the rise of illegal immigration.
66% : Fratelli d'Italia is against high taxes and illegal immigration.
64% : Italy needs the money, and the European Union needs the cohesion.
64% : Reportedly, Russian mercenaries allied with a Libyan general to encourage illegal immigration to Italy under the veil of political asylum.
58% : Since the far-right parties in Italy are both pro-Putin and anti-migrant, Putin could increase his support in Italy by encouraging illegal immigration, according to The Telegraph.
49% : He encouraged sanctions against Russia and pushed for admitting Ukraine to the European Union.
48% : Italy has strained public finances, but the third party within Draghi's government to oppose him, the Five Star Movement, lobbied for more public spending and social welfare -- exactly the opposite of what Brussels wanted.
46% : She attempts to appear Atlanticist in her foreign policy -- supporting the European Union and NATO, and trying to appear to advocate tough measures against Putin for his war in Ukraine.
29% : An influential Italian veto that leans toward China or Russia in the European Union or NATO, and that buttresses that of Hungary's Victor Orban and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, could weaken Western defenses against the world's worst dictators.

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