Italy – The BRI is a new paradigm for humankind towards a share destiny

When UK joined the AIIB, the Americans freak out. The dam of opposition against this China initiative was broken and the rest of Europe and other pro western countries took the cue and joined AIIB as well leaving the Americans alone in the wilderness. But although the AIIB was a key pillar to support the BRI project, some of the key European countries ironically are still resisting to join the BRI. The western narrative is that BRI is a Chinese strategy to divide Europe, to invade and colonise Europe. The ludicrous narrative from Washington and major European capitals is unbelievable. The assets are built in their soil and they have complete control over them and could seize them for any false flag incidents or fabricated excuses.
 
China’s BRI or the New Silk Road is about building connectivity, roads and rails and sea routes to connect Europe and Africa through Central Asia to China that would improve and facilitate communication and transportation for trade. It is not about building walls like what Trump wanted to keep countries and people apart. And according to the western anti China narrative, this BRI is bad and would lead to war.
 
Italy is now standing up to challenge the American and western narrative by looking at the BRI as a new paradigm for a community of humankind, a share common future and destiny for humankind. And Italy is going to be the first G7 country to break the dam of resistance and lead Europe into the BRI. Italy is not the first European country to do so. 13 other European countries have already signed MOU on the BRI with China, including Spain, Portugal, Greece and many East European countries.
 
The Italian initiative to break ranks with the Americans and G7 countries has caused a major uproar in the US and the Americans freak out again, literally. The Americans even warned the Italians not to sign the MOU or face consequences as if the Italians are joining forces with China militarily to go to war with the Americans.
 
Italy is not going to be told what to do against its national interest like Germany is not going to stop using Huawei’s 5G technology because the Americans said so. Like the East European countries, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece have joined the new poor of European countries. Together they see hope in the BRI to bring economic growth, trade and development for their countries. Many cities in France and Germany, two major European countries still sharing the same hostile thinking as the Americans in opposing China for political reasons, are going against their govts and want to be part of the BRI.
 
The BRI and the immense benefits it is bringing to all the 156 countries in the project are too good to resist. Italy is not going to miss the boat. The BRI is going to revive the deteriorating economy of the Italians and this is a new hope to stimulate growth in Italy, linking Italy to Central Asia and China and also to Africa.
 
Nothing is going to stop Italy, not cry wolf rhetoric, and Italy is going to do the right thing for its own good. Xi Jinping is visiting Italy in the next couple of days to welcome Italy into the BRI. Once done, all the defences and negative allegations against China and the BRI would break down, and the rest of Europe would fall in line.
 
The last bastion of resistance is the USA. Would it be left out in the cold alone again, or would it also fall in and be part of the new paradigm of a common destiny for all humankind, a more connected world and grow and prosper together instead of warmongering, starting and fighting wars?

PS. Schiller Institute’s Helga Zepp LaRouche enthusiastically welcomed the decision by Italy to sign an MOU with China, to join the Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI), as it demonstrates that the City of London geopolitical networks are losing their ability to dictate policy in Europe.