Poverty in the EU
Name one item from the list of material deprivation criteria.
a car, heating, to replace worn-out furniture, rent and/or bills, small personal expenses, unexpected expenses, Internet access, a monthly meetup (food/drink) with friends/family, a leisure activity, a weeklong holiday, two pairs of shoes, regular consumption of meat/protein, new clothes
rayonnement
Italy's northern industrial clusters focus mainly on this industry.
Textile/fashion
Name one way the EU has attempted to reduce economic inequalities.
Eurofound, EIB, ESI Funds...
Name one country that has recently weakended democratically.
Italy, Hungary, Austria, Romania, Croatia, Poland
This country has the highest material and social deprivation rate in the European Union.
Romania
This is the only global city in the EU since London's departure.
Paris
This city is Italy's economic European metropolis.
Milan
This is the number of states in the Eurozone.
19
The rise to power of right-wing, Eurosceptic governments has led to the popularity of this movement, where a country refuses or weakens its own integration.
Anti-globalization, counter-globalization
This term is used to define the condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human needs.
extreme/absolute poverty
Strong public _______ is a necessity within the European Backbone to guarantee the efficiency of clusters and integration.
transport
This is the name of the street used as an example of extreme poverty in Italy.
Zungoli
Name a country that belongs in the EU but not in the Eurozone.
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Sweden
This is the term used to describe a more authoritarian form of rule focused on military strength and a strict government.
strongman politics
This country has the highest material deprivation rate as a member of the Eurozone.
Greece
Name two weaknesses of the European backbone.
integrates weaker countries, Brexit, distance
This term is used to designate Italy's Souther regions.
Mezzogiorno
33% of the EIB's lendings between 2014 and 2020 were to support these.
SME's (small and medium enterprises)
He is the PM of Hungary and leader of Fidesz.
Viktor Orbán
This region in Italy has the lowest GDP per capita.
Calabria
These are the two major cities the European Backbone stretches from and to.
Liverpool and Milan
Italy represents this percentage of the EU's total GDP.
13.1% of the EU's GDP
Name two examples of European Structural and Investment Funds.
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Cohesion Fund (CF), European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)
He is the PM of Italy and leader of the 5 Star Movement.
Giuseppe Conte