In Italy, the bourgeoisie of Milan and Rome have made a point of spending winter days dressed in characteristically German Loden overcoats. When Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben recently appealed for a Latin empire to assert itself against Germany, his call was widely rejected, with several of his contemporaries asserting that, on the contrary, Germany should serve as a model for Italy as it seeks to overcome its current malaise.
意大利米兰和罗马的资产阶级明确表示要穿上典型的德国罗登呢大衣抵御经济的严冬。意大利哲学家乔治·阿甘本最近要求拉丁帝国对抗德国的号召遭到了普遍的抵制，阿甘本的几位同龄人甚至站出来说事实恰恰相反，意大利应该在力图走出目前困境时向德国学习。