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Do you think it should ?
South-Tyrol basically always belonged to Austria before 1918 and before that it was part of Greater Tyrol and Bavaria as well.
After the 1st WW, it was awarded to Italy, despite having 95% German-speaking inhabitants at the time.
Italians colonized the region after WW2 and the area around Bozen Italianized quite a bit. These days, 75% are German-speaking, 20% Italian-speaking and 5% Ladin-speaking. But most also speak the other language (German-speaking the Italian and vice-versa).
In the 1960s, Italy granted South-Tyrol a comfy autonomy statute after a series of bombings by Austria-supporting nationalists in a major compromise.
Since then, South-Tyrol has become the richest and most effectively-managed region of Italy, with the lowest unemployment and best living conditions, plus the best public transport and education system.
Tensions these days are virtually non-existant.
Therefore, I FULLY support the status quo and think South-Tyrol should not re-join Austria, because they'd probably be worse off than under the autonomy statute.
South Tyrol - Wikipedia
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South-Tyrol basically always belonged to Austria before 1918 and before that it was part of Greater Tyrol and Bavaria as well.
After the 1st WW, it was awarded to Italy, despite having 95% German-speaking inhabitants at the time.
Italians colonized the region after WW2 and the area around Bozen Italianized quite a bit. These days, 75% are German-speaking, 20% Italian-speaking and 5% Ladin-speaking. But most also speak the other language (German-speaking the Italian and vice-versa).
In the 1960s, Italy granted South-Tyrol a comfy autonomy statute after a series of bombings by Austria-supporting nationalists in a major compromise.
Since then, South-Tyrol has become the richest and most effectively-managed region of Italy, with the lowest unemployment and best living conditions, plus the best public transport and education system.
Tensions these days are virtually non-existant.
Therefore, I FULLY support the status quo and think South-Tyrol should not re-join Austria, because they'd probably be worse off than under the autonomy statute.