From 2004 to today the number of those who think that the Shoah never happened has increased: they were only 2.7%, today they are 15.6% . The Eurispes 'Italy 2020 Report' supports it. Those who reduce the reach of the Shoah from 11.1% to 16.1% are on the increase, albeit to a less striking extent. Furthermore, according to the survey, a "discreet consensus" is received in the sample according to which "many think that Mussolini was a great leader who only made a few mistakes" (19.8%).
According to the majority of Italians, recent episodes of anti-Semitism are isolated cases, which are not indicative of a real problem of anti-Semitism in our country (61.7%). At the same time, 60.6% believe that these episodes are the consequence of a widespread language based on hatred and racism . For less than half of the sample (47.5%), the acts of anti-Semitism which also occurred in Italy are the sign of a dangerous upsurge in the phenomenon. For 37.2%, on the other hand, they are stunts implemented through provocation or as a joke. The Eurispes champion was asked which statements best express the political soul of the majority of Italians. The statement according to which "many think that Mussolini was a great leader who only made a few mistakes" (19.8%) finds a "discreet consensus". With agreement percentages close to each other they follow "Italians are not fascists but love strong personalities" (14.3%), "we are a predominantly right-wing people" (14.1%), "many Italians are fascists" (12 , 8%) and, finally, "order and discipline are values much loved by Italians" (12.7%). More than one Italian out of four (26.2%) does not share any of the proposed opinions.
The "fracture between the system and the country" is growing more and more, which "produces numerous damages also on an economic level and calls into question the same social estate". It is the image outlined by the 32nd 'Italy 2020 Report' of Eurispes. The president of the institute Gian Maria Fara traces a possible way out: "It is necessary that politics can count on renewed foundations" and, therefore, on its 'new' Constitution. "We are now confronted - he maintains - with the failure of the country to grow which has become structural, with the barbarism of the public debate climate, with the sterile litigation that is reflected in a media system which feeds more on destructive elements that constructive, with the inefficiency of the Public Administration, with the endemic phenomena of corruption, with widespread illegality, with the substantial irresponsibility of the ruling class ".
Compared to 2010, the Italians in favor of Ius soli decreased by more than ten points (from 60.3% to 50%) and the most rigid supporters of Ius Sanguinis increased significantly (from 10.7% to 33.5%, almost 23 more points). Italians are also down, hoping that citizenship will be granted for those born in Italy, provided they are educated in Italian schools (from 21.3% to 16.5%). This was noted by the Eurispes Italy 2020 Report.