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  • AVELLINO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: A worker stores olive oil bottles in the warehouse of Basso, an oil bottling company in Avellino, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Sabino Basso, the owner of the plant, has halted plans to hire 30 more people at the olive oil bottling plant started more than a century ago by his great-grandfather.<br />
Mr. Basso’s company buys olive oil from growers in Italy, Spain and Greece, exporting 80 percent of its wares to countries around the globe — especially the United States, where Wal-Mart is a major customer. He had wanted to hire to boost marketing and online sales.<br />
But then Five Star tightened legal requirements for companies that hire workers on temporary contracts, effectively limiting stints to one year. The change was aimed at forcing businesses to hire permanent workers.<br />
Mr. Basso was aghast. All but five of his 100 workers are permanent, he says. The others are apprentices.<br />
“In order to understand if I want to keep people their whole lives, I have to test them,” he says. The new rules did not allow him sufficient time. “I just stopped hiring.”<br />
His sales in Italy have dipped four percent this year, a trend he blames on the noisy reality show that is Italian politics.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • AVELLINO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: A worker is seen here at Basso, an olive oil bottling company in Avellino, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Sabino Basso, the owner of the plant, has halted plans to hire 30 more people at the olive oil bottling plant started more than a century ago by his great-grandfather.<br />
Mr. Basso’s company buys olive oil from growers in Italy, Spain and Greece, exporting 80 percent of its wares to countries around the globe — especially the United States, where Wal-Mart is a major customer. He had wanted to hire to boost marketing and online sales.<br />
But then Five Star tightened legal requirements for companies that hire workers on temporary contracts, effectively limiting stints to one year. The change was aimed at forcing businesses to hire permanent workers.<br />
Mr. Basso was aghast. All but five of his 100 workers are permanent, he says. The others are apprentices.<br />
“In order to understand if I want to keep people their whole lives, I have to test them,” he says. The new rules did not allow him sufficient time. “I just stopped hiring.”<br />
His sales in Italy have dipped four percent this year, a trend he blames on the noisy reality show that is Italian politics.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • AVELLINO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: A worker is seen here at Basso, an olive oil bottling company in Avellino, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Sabino Basso, the owner of the plant, has halted plans to hire 30 more people at the olive oil bottling plant started more than a century ago by his great-grandfather.<br />
Mr. Basso’s company buys olive oil from growers in Italy, Spain and Greece, exporting 80 percent of its wares to countries around the globe — especially the United States, where Wal-Mart is a major customer. He had wanted to hire to boost marketing and online sales.<br />
But then Five Star tightened legal requirements for companies that hire workers on temporary contracts, effectively limiting stints to one year. The change was aimed at forcing businesses to hire permanent workers.<br />
Mr. Basso was aghast. All but five of his 100 workers are permanent, he says. The others are apprentices.<br />
“In order to understand if I want to keep people their whole lives, I have to test them,” he says. The new rules did not allow him sufficient time. “I just stopped hiring.”<br />
His sales in Italy have dipped four percent this year, a trend he blames on the noisy reality show that is Italian politics.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • AVELLINO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: A worker check the olive oil tanks at Basso, an oil bottling company in Avellino, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Sabino Basso, the owner of the plant, has halted plans to hire 30 more people at the olive oil bottling plant started more than a century ago by his great-grandfather.<br />
Mr. Basso’s company buys olive oil from growers in Italy, Spain and Greece, exporting 80 percent of its wares to countries around the globe — especially the United States, where Wal-Mart is a major customer. He had wanted to hire to boost marketing and online sales.<br />
But then Five Star tightened legal requirements for companies that hire workers on temporary contracts, effectively limiting stints to one year. The change was aimed at forcing businesses to hire permanent workers.<br />
Mr. Basso was aghast. All but five of his 100 workers are permanent, he says. The others are apprentices.<br />
“In order to understand if I want to keep people their whole lives, I have to test them,” he says. The new rules did not allow him sufficient time. “I just stopped hiring.”<br />
His sales in Italy have dipped four percent this year, a trend he blames on the noisy reality show that is Italian politics.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • AVELLINO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: A worker check the labelling of olive oil bottles at Basso, an oil bottling company in Avellino, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Sabino Basso, the owner of the plant, has halted plans to hire 30 more people at the olive oil bottling plant started more than a century ago by his great-grandfather.<br />
Mr. Basso’s company buys olive oil from growers in Italy, Spain and Greece, exporting 80 percent of its wares to countries around the globe — especially the United States, where Wal-Mart is a major customer. He had wanted to hire to boost marketing and online sales.<br />
But then Five Star tightened legal requirements for companies that hire workers on temporary contracts, effectively limiting stints to one year. The change was aimed at forcing businesses to hire permanent workers.<br />
Mr. Basso was aghast. All but five of his 100 workers are permanent, he says. The others are apprentices.<br />
“In order to understand if I want to keep people their whole lives, I have to test them,” he says. The new rules did not allow him sufficient time. “I just stopped hiring.”<br />
His sales in Italy have dipped four percent this year, a trend he blames on the noisy reality show that is Italian politics.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • AVELLINO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Sabino Basso, owner of the olive oil bottling company Basso, poses for a portrait in Avellino, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Sabino Basso, the owner of the plant, has halted plans to hire 30 more people at the olive oil bottling plant started more than a century ago by his great-grandfather.<br />
Mr. Basso’s company buys olive oil from growers in Italy, Spain and Greece, exporting 80 percent of its wares to countries around the globe — especially the United States, where Wal-Mart is a major customer. He had wanted to hire to boost marketing and online sales.<br />
But then Five Star tightened legal requirements for companies that hire workers on temporary contracts, effectively limiting stints to one year. The change was aimed at forcing businesses to hire permanent workers.<br />
Mr. Basso was aghast. All but five of his 100 workers are permanent, he says. The others are apprentices.<br />
“In order to understand if I want to keep people their whole lives, I have to test them,” he says. The new rules did not allow him sufficient time. “I just stopped hiring.”<br />
His sales in Italy have dipped four percent this year, a trend he blames on the noisy reality show that is Italian politics.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • AVELLINO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Sabino Basso, owner of the olive oil bottling company Basso, poses for a portrait in Avellino, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Sabino Basso, the owner of the plant, has halted plans to hire 30 more people at the olive oil bottling plant started more than a century ago by his great-grandfather.<br />
Mr. Basso’s company buys olive oil from growers in Italy, Spain and Greece, exporting 80 percent of its wares to countries around the globe — especially the United States, where Wal-Mart is a major customer. He had wanted to hire to boost marketing and online sales.<br />
But then Five Star tightened legal requirements for companies that hire workers on temporary contracts, effectively limiting stints to one year. The change was aimed at forcing businesses to hire permanent workers.<br />
Mr. Basso was aghast. All but five of his 100 workers are permanent, he says. The others are apprentices.<br />
“In order to understand if I want to keep people their whole lives, I have to test them,” he says. The new rules did not allow him sufficient time. “I just stopped hiring.”<br />
His sales in Italy have dipped four percent this year, a trend he blames on the noisy reality show that is Italian politics.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • AVELLINO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Sabino Basso, owner of the olive oil bottling company Basso, poses for a portrait in Avellino, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Sabino Basso, the owner of the plant, has halted plans to hire 30 more people at the olive oil bottling plant started more than a century ago by his great-grandfather.<br />
Mr. Basso’s company buys olive oil from growers in Italy, Spain and Greece, exporting 80 percent of its wares to countries around the globe — especially the United States, where Wal-Mart is a major customer. He had wanted to hire to boost marketing and online sales.<br />
But then Five Star tightened legal requirements for companies that hire workers on temporary contracts, effectively limiting stints to one year. The change was aimed at forcing businesses to hire permanent workers.<br />
Mr. Basso was aghast. All but five of his 100 workers are permanent, he says. The others are apprentices.<br />
“In order to understand if I want to keep people their whole lives, I have to test them,” he says. The new rules did not allow him sufficient time. “I just stopped hiring.”<br />
His sales in Italy have dipped four percent this year, a trend he blames on the noisy reality show that is Italian politics.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • AVELLINO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Olive oil bottles and labels are seen here at Basso, an oil bottling company in Avellino, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Sabino Basso, the owner of the plant, has halted plans to hire 30 more people at the olive oil bottling plant started more than a century ago by his great-grandfather.<br />
Mr. Basso’s company buys olive oil from growers in Italy, Spain and Greece, exporting 80 percent of its wares to countries around the globe — especially the United States, where Wal-Mart is a major customer. He had wanted to hire to boost marketing and online sales.<br />
But then Five Star tightened legal requirements for companies that hire workers on temporary contracts, effectively limiting stints to one year. The change was aimed at forcing businesses to hire permanent workers.<br />
Mr. Basso was aghast. All but five of his 100 workers are permanent, he says. The others are apprentices.<br />
“In order to understand if I want to keep people their whole lives, I have to test them,” he says. The new rules did not allow him sufficient time. “I just stopped hiring.”<br />
His sales in Italy have dipped four percent this year, a trend he blames on the noisy reality show that is Italian politics.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • AVELLINO, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Olive oil bottles are seen here at Basso, an oil bottling company in Avellino, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Sabino Basso, the owner of the plant, has halted plans to hire 30 more people at the olive oil bottling plant started more than a century ago by his great-grandfather.<br />
Mr. Basso’s company buys olive oil from growers in Italy, Spain and Greece, exporting 80 percent of its wares to countries around the globe — especially the United States, where Wal-Mart is a major customer. He had wanted to hire to boost marketing and online sales.<br />
But then Five Star tightened legal requirements for companies that hire workers on temporary contracts, effectively limiting stints to one year. The change was aimed at forcing businesses to hire permanent workers.<br />
Mr. Basso was aghast. All but five of his 100 workers are permanent, he says. The others are apprentices.<br />
“In order to understand if I want to keep people their whole lives, I have to test them,” he says. The new rules did not allow him sufficient time. “I just stopped hiring.”<br />
His sales in Italy have dipped four percent this year, a trend he blames on the noisy reality show that is Italian politics.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, SICILY, ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: Davide Mauro (47), a shift worker at the ISAB / Lukoil refinery, poses for a portrait on the terrace of his home in Siracusa, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, SICILY, ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: Davide Mauro (47), a shift worker at the ISAB / Lukoil refinery, poses for a portrait on the terrace of his home in Siracusa, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, SICILY, ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: Davide Mauro (47), a shift worker at the ISAB / Lukoil refinery, poses for a portrait on the terrace of his home in Siracusa, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, SICILY, ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: Davide Mauro (47), a shift worker at the ISAB / Lukoil refinery, poses for a portrait on the terrace of his home in Siracusa, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, SICILY, ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: Davide Mauro (47), a shift worker at the ISAB / Lukoil refinery, poses for a portrait on the terrace of his home in Siracusa, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, SICILY, ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: Davide Mauro (47), a shift worker at the ISAB / Lukoil refinery, poses for a portrait on the terrace of his home in Siracusa, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: A workers walks towards the parking lot at the end of his shift at the ISAB / Lukoil refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: A barista walks by the Bar La Conchiglia, a cafe frequented by workers of the ISAB / Lukiol refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: Workers take a bus back home a the end of their shift at the ISAB / Lukoil refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: A Lukoil gas station is here in front of the ISAB / Lukoil refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_Mavi...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: A Lukoil gas station is here in front of the ISAB / Lukoil refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_Mavi...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: An oil tanker is seen here at the ISAB / Lukoil oil terminal in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_Mavi...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: An aerial view of the ISAB / Lukoil refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_Mavi...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: An aerial view of the ISAB / Lukoil refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_Mavi...jpg
  • AUGUSTA, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: The Augusta refinery is seen here in Augusta, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: The mayor of Priolo Gargallo Giuseppe "Pippo" Gianni (75) poses for a portrait in his office in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: The mayor of Priolo Gargallo Giuseppe "Pippo" Gianni (75) poses for a portrait in his office in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: The mayor of Priolo Gargallo Giuseppe "Pippo" Gianni (75) poses for a portrait in his office in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: The mayor of Priolo Gargallo Giuseppe "Pippo" Gianni (75) is seen here during an interview in his office in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: The mayor of Priolo Gargallo Giuseppe "Pippo" Gianni (75) is seen here during an interview in his office in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: The entrance sign of the ISAB / Lukoil refinery is seen here in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: The ISAB / Lukoil refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: Oil tankers are seen here at the ISAB / Lukoil oil terminal in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_Mavi...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: An aerial view of the ISAB / Lukoil refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_Mavi...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: An aerial view of the ISAB / Lukoil refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_Mavi...jpg
  • AUGUSTA, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: The Augusta refinery is seen here in Augusta, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • AUGUSTA, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: The Augusta refinery is seen here in Augusta, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: A Lukoil gas station is here in front of the ISAB / Lukoil refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: A view of the ISAB / Lukoil refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: A view of the ISAB / Lukoil refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: A Lukoil gas station is seen here next to the refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: A playground is seen here in front of the ISAB / Lukoil refinery, by the town hall in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • AUGUSTA, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: Trucks are seen here getting in and out of the Sonatrach refinery in Augusta, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • PRIOLO GARGALLO, SICILY,  ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: The ISAB / Lukoil refinery in Priolo Gargallo, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, SICILY, ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: A 1960s photograph of a union assembly by the industrial area and refinery of Priolo Gargallo is seen here in the CGIL union headquarters of Siracusa, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, SICILY, ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: Carmelo Rapisarda (55), a CGIL trade union rep, poses for a portrait in his office in Siracusa, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • SIRACUSA, SICILY, ITALY - 13 SEPTEMBER 2022: Carmelo Rapisarda (55), a CGIL trade union rep, poses for a portrait in his office in Siracusa, Italy on September 13th 2022.<br />
<br />
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude despite EU efforts to end ties to Russian energy in an unintended consequence of western sanctions against the Kremlin.<br />
<br />
As a result, Italy has overtaken the Netherlands as the EU’s largest import hub for seaborne Russian crude. Two-thirds of of the Russian oil exported to Italy are destined for Augusta, a port in Sicily near the Russian-controlled ISAB refinery. The refinery, which is owned by Moscow-based company Lukoil, used to secure a variety of supplies worldwide thanks to credit lines from European banks. Although Lukoil is not under sanctions, lenders have stopped providing financing after the EU imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, forcing the refinery to rely solely on supplies from its parent company.<br />
<br />
The effects of the embargo is destabilizing for the entire area, which employed about 30,000 people 30 years ago. The economic crisis of 2008, then the pandemid and now the war in Ukraine has made the situation just worse. Today the area employs 8,000 workers. Lukoil employs 1,000 workers and approximately 2,500 sub-contractors, whose jobs are now at risk.<br />
<br />
Because of the interconnection between Lukoil and other companies in the area, the economy of the entire industrial relies on the faith of the Russian-owned company.
    CIPG_20220913_NYT-Lukoil-Sicily_A7IV...jpg
  • OTTAVIANO, ITALY - 25 JULY 2019: Workers are seen here processing flexible polyurethan foaminge and producing rear seat paddings for Fiat Panda, at Adler Group in Ottaviano, Italy, on July 25th 2019.<br />
<br />
Adler-Pelzer Group is an Italian manufacturing Group, and a worldwide leader in the design, development and manufacturing of components and systems for the transportation industry. Founded in 1956 in Ottaviano (Naples), today is the largest producer in Italy and the second in the world of systems for acoustic, thermal comfort and interior design for vehicles in the automotive, aerospace and railway industries. <br />
<br />
Italian manufacturer Adler-Pelzer Group had secured an order worth 2.6 million euros to make parts for military aircraft.That spelled 250 new jobs at its factory outside Naples, the heart of perpetually struggling southern Italy.<br />
“It was a great opportunity,” says Adler-Pelzer Group chairman Paolo Scudieri.<br />
But early this year, alarmed by the intensifying political chaos gripping Italy, Mr. Scudieri’s company shifted the order to a factory in Poland. He was disturbed by what he portrays as the anti-business proclivities of the populists suddenly running the country. He was concerned by the government’s collision with the European Union over its spending plans.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190725_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • OTTAVIANO, ITALY - 25 JULY 2019: A workers is seen here  processing flexible polyurethan foaminge and producing rear seat paddings for Fiat Panda, at Adler Group in Ottaviano, Italy, on July 25th 2019.<br />
<br />
Adler-Pelzer Group is an Italian manufacturing Group, and a worldwide leader in the design, development and manufacturing of components and systems for the transportation industry. Founded in 1956 in Ottaviano (Naples), today is the largest producer in Italy and the second in the world of systems for acoustic, thermal comfort and interior design for vehicles in the automotive, aerospace and railway industries. <br />
<br />
Italian manufacturer Adler-Pelzer Group had secured an order worth 2.6 million euros to make parts for military aircraft.That spelled 250 new jobs at its factory outside Naples, the heart of perpetually struggling southern Italy.<br />
“It was a great opportunity,” says Adler-Pelzer Group chairman Paolo Scudieri.<br />
But early this year, alarmed by the intensifying political chaos gripping Italy, Mr. Scudieri’s company shifted the order to a factory in Poland. He was disturbed by what he portrays as the anti-business proclivities of the populists suddenly running the country. He was concerned by the government’s collision with the European Union over its spending plans.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190725_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • OTTAVIANO, ITALY - 25 JULY 2019: Workers are seen here at a machine processing polyurethan with skill foaming and that produces anti rattle pads for Jeep Renegade, at Adler Group in Ottaviano, Italy, on July 25th 2019.<br />
<br />
Adler-Pelzer Group is an Italian manufacturing Group, and a worldwide leader in the design, development and manufacturing of components and systems for the transportation industry. Founded in 1956 in Ottaviano (Naples), today is the largest producer in Italy and the second in the world of systems for acoustic, thermal comfort and interior design for vehicles in the automotive, aerospace and railway industries. <br />
<br />
Italian manufacturer Adler-Pelzer Group had secured an order worth 2.6 million euros to make parts for military aircraft.That spelled 250 new jobs at its factory outside Naples, the heart of perpetually struggling southern Italy.<br />
“It was a great opportunity,” says Adler-Pelzer Group chairman Paolo Scudieri.<br />
But early this year, alarmed by the intensifying political chaos gripping Italy, Mr. Scudieri’s company shifted the order to a factory in Poland. He was disturbed by what he portrays as the anti-business proclivities of the populists suddenly running the country. He was concerned by the government’s collision with the European Union over its spending plans.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190725_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Unemployed workers gather at the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Here they share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Antonio Pastore (45, unemployed) poses for a portait in front of the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Ten years ago, in the midst of the global financial crisis, Antonio Pastore lost the job he had held for two decades, restoring marble statues. He had earned about 1,200 euros per month ($1,349). As orders disappeared, his employer pressured him to agree to work off the books, he says, enabling the company to avoid paying taxes. He refused, and was summarily fired. That was the last time he has held a real job.<br />
<br />
At the Sgarrupato unemployed workers share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Antonio Pastore (45, unemployed) poses for a portait in front of the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Ten years ago, in the midst of the global financial crisis, Antonio Pastore lost the job he had held for two decades, restoring marble statues. He had earned about 1,200 euros per month ($1,349). As orders disappeared, his employer pressured him to agree to work off the books, he says, enabling the company to avoid paying taxes. He refused, and was summarily fired. That was the last time he has held a real job.<br />
<br />
At the Sgarrupato unemployed workers share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Unemployed workers gather at the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Here they share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Antonio Pastore (45, center, unemployed) gather with other unemployed workers  at the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Here they share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
<br />
Ten years ago, in the midst of the global financial crisis, Antonio Pastore lost the job he had held for two decades, restoring marble statues. He had earned about 1,200 euros per month ($1,349). As orders disappeared, his employer pressured him to agree to work off the books, he says, enabling the company to avoid paying taxes. He refused, and was summarily fired. That was the last time he has held a real job.<br />
<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Antonio Pastore (45, center, unemployed) gather with other unemployed workers  at the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Here they share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
<br />
Ten years ago, in the midst of the global financial crisis, Antonio Pastore lost the job he had held for two decades, restoring marble statues. He had earned about 1,200 euros per month ($1,349). As orders disappeared, his employer pressured him to agree to work off the books, he says, enabling the company to avoid paying taxes. He refused, and was summarily fired. That was the last time he has held a real job.<br />
<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Luigi Prodomo (54, unemployed) is seen here at the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization where unemployed workers gather, in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Here they share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Maria Cinque, a resident of Montesanto - a working class neighborhood of Naples - opens the door of the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization where she volunteers and where unemployed workers gather, in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Here they share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Elders and unemployed workers gather at the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Here they share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Unemployed workers gather at the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Here they share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • OTTAVIANO, ITALY - 25 JULY 2019: A workers is seen here at a machine processing flexible polyurethan with film foaming and that produces fenders for Jeep Renegade, at Adler Group in Ottaviano, Italy, on July 25th 2019.<br />
<br />
Adler-Pelzer Group is an Italian manufacturing Group, and a worldwide leader in the design, development and manufacturing of components and systems for the transportation industry. Founded in 1956 in Ottaviano (Naples), today is the largest producer in Italy and the second in the world of systems for acoustic, thermal comfort and interior design for vehicles in the automotive, aerospace and railway industries. <br />
<br />
Italian manufacturer Adler-Pelzer Group had secured an order worth 2.6 million euros to make parts for military aircraft.That spelled 250 new jobs at its factory outside Naples, the heart of perpetually struggling southern Italy.<br />
“It was a great opportunity,” says Adler-Pelzer Group chairman Paolo Scudieri.<br />
But early this year, alarmed by the intensifying political chaos gripping Italy, Mr. Scudieri’s company shifted the order to a factory in Poland. He was disturbed by what he portrays as the anti-business proclivities of the populists suddenly running the country. He was concerned by the government’s collision with the European Union over its spending plans.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190725_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Unemployed workers gather at the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Here they share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Antonio Pastore (45, unemployed) poses for a portait in front of the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
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Ten years ago, in the midst of the global financial crisis, Antonio Pastore lost the job he had held for two decades, restoring marble statues. He had earned about 1,200 euros per month ($1,349). As orders disappeared, his employer pressured him to agree to work off the books, he says, enabling the company to avoid paying taxes. He refused, and was summarily fired. That was the last time he has held a real job.<br />
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At the Sgarrupato unemployed workers share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Antonio Pastore (45, unemployed) poses for a portait in front of the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
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Ten years ago, in the midst of the global financial crisis, Antonio Pastore lost the job he had held for two decades, restoring marble statues. He had earned about 1,200 euros per month ($1,349). As orders disappeared, his employer pressured him to agree to work off the books, he says, enabling the company to avoid paying taxes. He refused, and was summarily fired. That was the last time he has held a real job.<br />
<br />
At the Sgarrupato unemployed workers share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: Unemployed workers gather at the "Sgarrupato", an abandoned church seized by the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
<br />
Here they share strategies for how to find work, and how to navigate the bewildering government benefits system.<br />
In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: (L-R) Two Nigerian ex-sex workers and an Ursuline sister pray before lunch at Casa Rut, a shelter for abused young immigrant women in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
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Casa Rut was founded in 1995 and it is promoted and managed by the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary of Breganze (Vicenza, Italy).  Casa Rut's goal is to provide young immigrant women a familiar environment where  they are helped to protect and free themselves, and to undertake a common path aiming to the integration in Italy's society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5603.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: the storefront of the New Hope ethnic tailor's shop in Caserta, Italy, where ex-sex workers helped by nuns make make products with mainly African fabrics, on February 25th 2015.<br />
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New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5565.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A Nigerian woman makes braids for her fellow countrywoman at Casa Rut, a shelter for abused young immigrant women in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015. Both women are ex-sex workers staying at Casa Rut.<br />
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Casa Rut was founded in 1995 and it is promoted and managed by the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary of Breganze (Vicenza, Italy).  Casa Rut's goal is to provide young immigrant women a familiar environment where  they are helped to protect and free themselves, and to undertake a common path aiming to the integration in Italy's society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5697.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: Handmade products are displayed inside the Bottega Fantasia (Fantasy store), next to the New Hope tailor's shop in Caserta, Italy, where ex-sex workers helped by nuns make make products with mainly  African fabrics, on February 25th 2015.<br />
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New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5558.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: Handmade products are displayed inside the Bottega Fantasia (Fantasy store), next to the New Hope tailor's shop in Caserta, Italy, where ex-sex workers helped by nuns make make products with mainly  African fabrics, on February 25th 2015.<br />
<br />
New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5555.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: Handmade products are displayed inside the Bottega Fantasia (Fantasy store), next to the New Hope tailor's shop in Caserta, Italy, where ex-sex workers helped by nuns make make products with mainly  African fabrics, on February 25th 2015.<br />
<br />
New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5508.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: Sewing workspaces at the New Hope tailor's shop, where ex-sex workers work in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
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New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5441.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: Sister Rita Giaretta, founder of Casa Rut and of the New Hope ethnic tailor's shop, is here at the Bottega Fantasia (Fantasy Store), where handmade products made by ex-sex workers are sold in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
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New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5045.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A Nigerian immigrant woman and ex-sex worker sews fabrics for an arm chair caddy at the New Hope tailor's shop in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
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New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5434.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A Nigerian immigrant woman and ex-sex worker sews fabrics for an arm chair caddy at the New Hope tailor's shop in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
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New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5359.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A Nigerian immigrant woman and ex-sex worker irons fabrics for an arm chair caddy before being sewed at the New Hope tailor's shop in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
<br />
New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5271.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A Nigerian immigrant woman and ex-sex worker sews fabrics for an arm chair caddy at the New Hope tailor's shop in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
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New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5033.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A teady bear and the suitcases belonging to a departing Nigerian immigrant woman and ex-sex worker are here in her room at Casa Rut, a shelter for abused young immigrant women, with a stuffed given  in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015. The Ursuline Sisters of Casa Rut give the young abused women a teady bear upong their arrival at the shelter.<br />
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Casa Rut was founded in 1995 and it is promoted and managed by the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary of Breganze (Vicenza, Italy).  Casa Rut's goal is to provide young immigrant women a familiar environment where  they are helped to protect and free themselves, and to undertake a common path aiming to the integration in Italy's society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5866.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A Nigerian immigrant and ex-sex worker poses for a portrait in the chappel of Casa Rut, a shelter for abused young immigrant women where she is hosted in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
<br />
Casa Rut was founded in 1995 and it is promoted and managed by the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary of Breganze (Vicenza, Italy).  Casa Rut's goal is to provide young immigrant women a familiar environment where  they are helped to protect and free themselves, and to undertake a common path aiming to the integration in Italy's society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5841.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A Nigerian immigrant and ex-sex worker poses for a portrait in the chappel of Casa Rut, a shelter for abused young immigrant women where she is hosted in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
<br />
Casa Rut was founded in 1995 and it is promoted and managed by the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary of Breganze (Vicenza, Italy).  Casa Rut's goal is to provide young immigrant women a familiar environment where  they are helped to protect and free themselves, and to undertake a common path aiming to the integration in Italy's society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5823.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A Holy Mary medallion and a cross are worn by a Nigerian immigrant woman and ex-sex worker that is now working at the New Hope tailor's shop in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
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New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5472.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A Nigerian immigrant woman and ex-sex worker sews fabrics for an arm chair caddy, as Sister Giaretta checks a handmade scarf at the New Hope tailor's shop in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
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New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5463.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A Nigerian immigrant woman and ex-sex worker sews fabrics for an arm chair caddy at the New Hope tailor's shop in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
<br />
New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5073.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A Nigerian immigrant and ex-sex worker poses for a portrait in the chappel of Casa Rut, a shelter for abused young immigrant women where she is hosted in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
<br />
Casa Rut was founded in 1995 and it is promoted and managed by the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary of Breganze (Vicenza, Italy).  Casa Rut's goal is to provide young immigrant women a familiar environment where  they are helped to protect and free themselves, and to undertake a common path aiming to the integration in Italy's society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5832.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A Holy Mary medallion and a cross are worn by a Nigerian immigrant woman and ex-sex worker that is now working at the New Hope tailor's shop in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
<br />
New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5488.jpg
  • CASERTA, ITALY - 25 FEBRUARY 2015: A Nigerian immigrant woman and ex-sex worker irons fabrics for an arm chair caddy before being sewed at the New Hope tailor's shop in Caserta, Italy, on February 25th 2015.<br />
<br />
New Hope is an ethnic tailor's shop that makes a variety of colourful products working mainly african fabrics. The New Hope social cooperative, founded in 2014, promotes a training workshop for your immigrant women, many of which have children, that want to integrate in Italian society.
    CIPG_20150225_INYT_CasaRut__M3_5188.jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 23 JULY 2019: People are seen here passing by a street overlooking the historical center of Naples and the volcano Mount Vesuvius in Naples, Italy, on July 23rd 2019.<br />
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Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190723_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 22 JULY 2019: A child rides his bike in the Ventaglieri park in  in Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 22nd 2019.<br />
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In Italy, the unemployment rate sits near 10 percent — lower than a year ago, but roughly the same level as in 2012, in the aftermath of a brutal crisis. But many in Naples say the crisis never ended.<br />
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<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190722_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • OTTAVIANO, ITALY - 25 JULY 2019: The machine processing flexible polyurethan with film foaming and that produces fenders for Jeep Renegade is seen here at Adler Group in Ottaviano, Italy, on July 25th 2019.<br />
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Adler-Pelzer Group is an Italian manufacturing Group, and a worldwide leader in the design, development and manufacturing of components and systems for the transportation industry. Founded in 1956 in Ottaviano (Naples), today is the largest producer in Italy and the second in the world of systems for acoustic, thermal comfort and interior design for vehicles in the automotive, aerospace and railway industries. <br />
<br />
Italian manufacturer Adler-Pelzer Group had secured an order worth 2.6 million euros to make parts for military aircraft.That spelled 250 new jobs at its factory outside Naples, the heart of perpetually struggling southern Italy.<br />
“It was a great opportunity,” says Adler-Pelzer Group chairman Paolo Scudieri.<br />
But early this year, alarmed by the intensifying political chaos gripping Italy, Mr. Scudieri’s company shifted the order to a factory in Poland. He was disturbed by what he portrays as the anti-business proclivities of the populists suddenly running the country. He was concerned by the government’s collision with the European Union over its spending plans.<br />
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Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190725_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • OTTAVIANO, ITALY - 25 JULY 2019: Paolo Scudieri, a member of the board of Confindustria, Italy’s most powerful business association, and chairman of the Adler-Pelzer Group, poses for a portrait at the Adler-Group offices in Ottaviano, Italy, on July 25th 2019.<br />
<br />
Adler-Pelzer Group is an Italian manufacturing Group, and a worldwide leader in the design, development and manufacturing of components and systems for the transportation industry. Founded in 1956 in Ottaviano (Naples), today is the largest producer in Italy and the second in the world of systems for acoustic, thermal comfort and interior design for vehicles in the automotive, aerospace and railway industries. <br />
<br />
Italian manufacturer Adler-Pelzer Group had secured an order worth 2.6 million euros to make parts for military aircraft.That spelled 250 new jobs at its factory outside Naples, the heart of perpetually struggling southern Italy.<br />
“It was a great opportunity,” says Adler-Pelzer Group chairman Paolo Scudieri.<br />
But early this year, alarmed by the intensifying political chaos gripping Italy, Mr. Scudieri’s company shifted the order to a factory in Poland. He was disturbed by what he portrays as the anti-business proclivities of the populists suddenly running the country. He was concerned by the government’s collision with the European Union over its spending plans.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190725_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • OTTAVIANO, ITALY - 25 JULY 2019: Paolo Scudieri, a member of the board of Confindustria, Italy’s most powerful business association, and chairman of the Adler-Pelzer Group, poses for a portrait at the Adler-Group offices in Ottaviano, Italy, on July 25th 2019.<br />
<br />
Adler-Pelzer Group is an Italian manufacturing Group, and a worldwide leader in the design, development and manufacturing of components and systems for the transportation industry. Founded in 1956 in Ottaviano (Naples), today is the largest producer in Italy and the second in the world of systems for acoustic, thermal comfort and interior design for vehicles in the automotive, aerospace and railway industries. <br />
<br />
Italian manufacturer Adler-Pelzer Group had secured an order worth 2.6 million euros to make parts for military aircraft.That spelled 250 new jobs at its factory outside Naples, the heart of perpetually struggling southern Italy.<br />
“It was a great opportunity,” says Adler-Pelzer Group chairman Paolo Scudieri.<br />
But early this year, alarmed by the intensifying political chaos gripping Italy, Mr. Scudieri’s company shifted the order to a factory in Poland. He was disturbed by what he portrays as the anti-business proclivities of the populists suddenly running the country. He was concerned by the government’s collision with the European Union over its spending plans.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190725_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • OTTAVIANO, ITALY - 25 JULY 2019: Paolo Scudieri, a member of the board of Confindustria, Italy’s most powerful business association, and chairman of the Adler-Pelzer Group, poses for a portrait at the Adler-Group offices in Ottaviano, Italy, on July 25th 2019.<br />
<br />
Adler-Pelzer Group is an Italian manufacturing Group, and a worldwide leader in the design, development and manufacturing of components and systems for the transportation industry. Founded in 1956 in Ottaviano (Naples), today is the largest producer in Italy and the second in the world of systems for acoustic, thermal comfort and interior design for vehicles in the automotive, aerospace and railway industries. <br />
<br />
Italian manufacturer Adler-Pelzer Group had secured an order worth 2.6 million euros to make parts for military aircraft.That spelled 250 new jobs at its factory outside Naples, the heart of perpetually struggling southern Italy.<br />
“It was a great opportunity,” says Adler-Pelzer Group chairman Paolo Scudieri.<br />
But early this year, alarmed by the intensifying political chaos gripping Italy, Mr. Scudieri’s company shifted the order to a factory in Poland. He was disturbed by what he portrays as the anti-business proclivities of the populists suddenly running the country. He was concerned by the government’s collision with the European Union over its spending plans.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190725_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • OTTAVIANO, ITALY - 25 JULY 2019: Paolo Scudieri, a member of the board of Confindustria, Italy’s most powerful business association, and chairman of the Adler-Pelzer Group, poses for a portrait at the Adler-Group offices in Ottaviano, Italy, on July 25th 2019.<br />
<br />
Adler-Pelzer Group is an Italian manufacturing Group, and a worldwide leader in the design, development and manufacturing of components and systems for the transportation industry. Founded in 1956 in Ottaviano (Naples), today is the largest producer in Italy and the second in the world of systems for acoustic, thermal comfort and interior design for vehicles in the automotive, aerospace and railway industries. <br />
<br />
Italian manufacturer Adler-Pelzer Group had secured an order worth 2.6 million euros to make parts for military aircraft.That spelled 250 new jobs at its factory outside Naples, the heart of perpetually struggling southern Italy.<br />
“It was a great opportunity,” says Adler-Pelzer Group chairman Paolo Scudieri.<br />
But early this year, alarmed by the intensifying political chaos gripping Italy, Mr. Scudieri’s company shifted the order to a factory in Poland. He was disturbed by what he portrays as the anti-business proclivities of the populists suddenly running the country. He was concerned by the government’s collision with the European Union over its spending plans.<br />
<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190725_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 23 JULY 2019: Residents are seen here in Montesanto, a working-class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 23rd 2019.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190723_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 23 JULY 2019: People are seen here walking towards Montesanto, a working class neighborhood in Naples, Italy, on July 23rd 2019.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190723_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 23 JULY 2019: A man walks by a street overlooking the historical center of Naples and the volcano Mount Vesuvius in Naples, Italy, on July 23rd 2019.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190723_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 23 JULY 2019: A view of Naples and the volcano Mount Vesuvius is seen here in Naples, Italy, on July 23rd 2019.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190723_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 23 JULY 2019: A view of Naples and the volcano Mount Vesuvius is seen here in Naples, Italy, on July 23rd 2019.<br />
<br />
Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190723_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
  • NAPLES, ITALY - 23 JULY 2019: Members of the "Movimento 7 Novembre" community organization are seen here after rallying against unemployment and undeclared work in Naples, Italy, on July 23rd 2019.<br />
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Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
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  • NAPLES, ITALY - 23 JULY 2019: People wait their turn at the National Insitute for Social Security (INPS) in Naples, Italy, on July 23rd 2019.<br />
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Italian companies are deferring expansions and limiting investment rather than risking cash in a time of uncertainty. The public debt remains monumental, running at more than 2 trillion euro ($2.24 trillion), or more than 130 percent of annual economic output. Banks are still stuffed with bad loans — albeit fewer than before — making them reluctant to lend. An economy that has not expanded over the past decade is this year widely expected to again produce no growth.
    CIPG_20190723_NYT_ItalyEconNaples_M3...jpg
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