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Taormina a military zone for G7

22nd to 28th May Taormina is closed for visitors and only residents and workers with a pass can get in. Everything is been carefully searched before they let you in with a pass and by the metal detectors by Porta Messina and Porta Catania the queues are very long. All his for the G7 meeting to be held 26th and 27th May, this weekend. The road entrances to Taormina looks like the border from Palestina in to Israel (yes, I have seen them myself). G7 is highly excessive.

I has been stressful times for us working here in the tourism sector as the information has been close to zero from authoroties and so many rumours has been circuling like “they will close the highway” and “internet and telephones will be closed down!”, which are silly rumours but typical for Sicily to create more mess than necessary. Roads has been closed an opened with not much pre warning so much has had to be solved in last minute to understand how to get e.g. guests to the hotels. It is not the works or events like G7 and Giro Italia, that passed here a week ago, that disturbes, it is just the bad organisation and lack of information. It is quite fascinating to see how adult men in leadership positions do not manage to do more than create more mess of a mess and the mayor crying in the media that he is the most hated man. Well, you are not respected that for sure as an german five year old could have done the work much better. So please take in outside competence the next time you even think of organizing a big event here again.

Some words has wispered in the ear that the company that got millions in euro to renovate all the streets in Taormina is Renzis friend who just opened a VAT number this year to be able to get the contracts. Well, I can believe that is true as it is the Italian Style. Atleast we have new nice roads, roads signs, renovated bridges that got damaged from last years tropical rains, new walls…until the first rains comes as they have also managed to cover the drainings. Who live will see! And then Black Bloc will demostrate in Giardini Naxos this weekend and you probably remember how their demostration went in northern Italy 10 years ago with coma and death. Nobody understands how a mayor can allow them … but that’s how it is when the money talks.

For women who love men in uniforms it will be in total of two weeks of drooling and vet dreams as only 9,000 military soldiers has arrived and even more cops. Champagne cork to be fired towards the sea when all this is over 28th afternoon! Ciao from Taormina!

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22-28 maj ?r Taormina st?ngd f?r bes?kare och bara boende och arbetare med ett pass kan ta sig in. Allt blir noggrant genoms?kt innan de sl?pper in med ett pass och vid metalldetektorerna vid Porta Messina och Porta Catania ?r k?erna mycket l?nga. Allt detta f?r G7-m?tet som h?lls den 26 och 27 maj, denna helg. V?garna till Taormina ser ut som gr?nserna fr?n Palestina in till Israel (jo, har sett dem sj?lv). G7 kraftigt ?verdrivet.

Vi inom turistsektorn har haft stressiga tider eftersom informationen har varit n?ra noll fr?n auktoriteter och s? m?nga rykten har cirkulerat som “de kommer att st?nga motorv?gen” och “internet och telefoner kommer att st?ngas!”, dumma rykten men typiska f?r Sicilien att skapa mer r?ra ?n n?dv?ndigt. V?garna har st?ngts och ?ppnats med inte s? mycket f?rvarning s? mycket har varit tvunget att l?sas i sista minuten f?r att f?rst? hur man f?r till exempel g?sterna till hotellen. Det ?r inte arbeten eller h?ndelser som G7 och Giro Italia, som passerade h?r f?r en vecka sedan, som st?r utan det ?r bara den d?liga organisationen och bristen p? information. Det ?r ganska fascinerande att se hur vuxna m?n i ledarpositioner inte lyckas g?ra mer ?n att skapa mer r?ra av en r?ra och borgm?staren gr?ter i media att han ?r den mest hatade mannen. Ja, du ?r inte respekterad f?rvisso eftersom en tysk fem?ring kunde ha gjort jobbet mycket b?ttre. S? sn?lla ta in extern kompetens n?sta g?ng du ens t?nker p? att organisera en stor h?ndelse h?r igen.

Vissa viskningar i ?rat har sagt att f?retaget som fick miljoner i euro f?r att renovera alla gatorna i Taormina ?r Renzis v?n som just ?ppnat ett momsnummer i ?r f?r att kunna f? kontrakten. Tja, jag kan tro det ?r sant d? det ?r den italienska stilen. I allra h?gsta grad har vi nya fina v?gar, v?gskyltar, renoverade broar som har skadats under det senaste tropiska regnen, nya murar … tills de f?rsta regnen kommer d? de ocks? lyckats att t?cka avloppen. Den som lever kommer att se! Och sen ska Black Bloc demostrera i Giardini Naxos till helgen och ni minns s?kert hur deras demostration gick i norra Italien f?r 10 ?r sedan med koma och d?d. Ingen f?rst?r hur en borgm?stare kan till?ta dem…men det ?r v?l s? n?r pengarna talar.

F?r kvinnor som ?lskar m?n i uniformer kommer det att vara totalt tv? veckors dr?ggel och v?ta dr?mmar d? endast 9000 milit?rer har anl?nt och ?nnu fler poliser. Champagnekorken ska skjutas mot havet n?r allt detta ?r ?ver den 28:e p? eftermiddagen! Ciao fr?n Taormina!

G7 Summit Meeting in Taormina….it can also become a G8

26th to 28th of May the G7 Summit Meeting will be held in Taormina. The seven most powerful leaders will meet and discuss politics. It can also be a G8 meeting as Putin who was suspended before from G meetings, is now allowed to come. The invited are: USA – Donald Trump, China- Schinzo Abe, Germany – Angela Merkel, France – depends who wins the election, United Kingdom – Theresa May, Italy – Paolo Gentiloni, Canada – Justin Trudeau….and now also Russia – Putin, if he decides to come.

The whole Taorminna area will be closed the G7/8 week from visitors and tourists, and the residents will get special passes to leave and reach their homes. All these country leaders will get the same size for their hotel suites between 120 – 200 m2, depending of what is requested. They hav estimated the presense of 7,000 journalists, 20,000 security agents and 5,000 extra workers. These numbers to match the last G7 meeting. Many protests are also calculated in the program and security work.

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26:e till 28:e maj kommer G7 Summit toppm?tet att h?llas i Taormina. De sju m?ktigaste ledarna kommer att tr?ffas och diskutera politik. Det kan ocks? vara ett G8-m?te d? Putin som avst?nts innan fr?n G m?ten, nu f?r komma. De inbjudna ?r: USA – Donald Trump, Kina- Schinzo Abe, Tyskland – Angela Merkel, Frankrike – beroende vem som vinner valet, Storbritannien – Theresa May, Italien – Paolo Gentiloni, Kanada – Justin Trudeau …. och nu ocks? Ryssland – Putin, om han best?mmer sig f?r att komma.

Hela Taorminna omr?det kommer att vara st?ngd G7/8 veckan fr?n bes?kare och turister, och de boende kommer att f? s?rskilda pass f?r att l?mna och n? sina hem. Alla dessa l?nders ledare kommer att f? samma storlek p? sina sviter mellan 120-200 m2, beroende p? vad som efterfr?gas. Det ber?knas komma cirka 7,000 journalister, 20,000 s?kerhetsagenter och 5,000 extra arbetare. Dessa siffror att matcha det senaste G7-m?tet. M?nga protester ber?knas i programmet och i s?kerhetsarbetet.

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