A salutary tale of greed and bitterness. The restaurant in Rome's Senate, which is of a very high standard, was so heavily subsidised that diners paid 13% of the total cost, the taxpayer 87%. Examples of the fare were risotto of turbot and pumpkin flowers €2.34, carpaccio of fillet steak with lemon sauce €2.76.
The Monti regime, sensibly, decided to reduce the subsidy, from 87% to 50% and so outraged were the senators that the restaurant is deserted.
And the result of that is that nine of the waiters face unemployment this Christmas.
No senators lost their jobs.
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