| SPIEGEL ONLINE | INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER |
| Compiled on October 06, 2014, 06:07 PM CET |
| SYSTEMIC SHAME Germany's Woeful Asylum Infrastructure Horrific images from a German asylum home have recently focused attention on the country's broken system for sheltering refugees. Political failures and climbing numbers have resulted in chaos -- and even the use of right-wing extremists as guards. |
| BUNGLE BUNGLE Italy's Failed Economic Turnaround Ever since Matteo Renzi became Italy's new prime minister, officials in Berlin and Brussels have had newfound belief that Italy's deep-seated economic problems are being tackled. But that won't happen until the country stops deceiving itself. |
