The South Tyrol question, explained

[longknife]

A lot of you are going to ask; “Where is that? What’s the big deal?”


Well, this is not an earth-shaking situation. It is, in fact, yet another holdover from the time when the victors of World War One remade maps of Europe and the Middle East that have brought about many of the conflicts we see today. By a world-wide scale, this is truly minor and we never hear about it because most of the conflict is words and not bombs. [There have been bombs at times but very rarely.]

South Tyrol, known to Italians as Alto Adige, has been a bone of contention between Austria and Italy for decades. Here's what you need to know about the latest dispute.

The Austrian government has angered Italy with plans to offer dual citizenship to the majority German-speaking population of South Tyrol province.

As voters elect the province's parliament this weekend, with dual citizenship a hot-button issue during the election campaign, here are some facts about a region where many still feel a deep affinity to Austria.

Seems it all stems from the new “rightist” Austrian government aim to retain its national identity.

More of this @ The South Tyrol question, explained and hopefully, one of our regular posters can put a local viewpoint on this.

 

[Lucy Hamilton]

A lot of you are going to ask; “Where is that? What’s the big deal?”


Well, this is not an earth-shaking situation. It is, in fact, yet another holdover from the time when the victors of World War One remade maps of Europe and the Middle East that have brought about many of the conflicts we see today. By a world-wide scale, this is truly minor and we never hear about it because most of the conflict is words and not bombs. [There have been bombs at times but very rarely.]

South Tyrol, known to Italians as Alto Adige, has been a bone of contention between Austria and Italy for decades. Here's what you need to know about the latest dispute.

The Austrian government has angered Italy with plans to offer dual citizenship to the majority German-speaking population of South Tyrol province.

As voters elect the province's parliament this weekend, with dual citizenship a hot-button issue during the election campaign, here are some facts about a region where many still feel a deep affinity to Austria.

Seems it all stems from the new “rightist” Austrian government aim to retain its national identity.

More of this @ The South Tyrol question, explained and hopefully, one of our regular posters can put a local viewpoint on this.

What is there to explain? Zero. Why should the Italians argue with us, they should not argue this because Südtirol belongs to us and yes we want it returned, the Treaty of London in 1915 the British promised it to Italy if they join the First War on the British side, Italy annex Südtirol in 1919 and we do not agree or support the 1971 Treaty that allow the Italians to keep our territory we would like that Treaty destroyed and the peoples in Südtirol given a referendum which we know they will by a big majority vote to come home to us where they have always belonged.