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The Planet's Eyes On U.S. Campaign: A Worldcrunch Special

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PARIS - Happy Election Day, America! Happy American Election Day, World!

Still undecided? Still hungry for poll numbers?? Still there???

Worldcrunch is here to help.

In particular, with our news partners from around the world, we have kept a close eye on how non-Americans have been covering the U.S. campaign: from the Italian correspondent trying to figure out Ohio to the French dissecting the meaning of "Republicanism" to the Beijing newspaper asking why Asian-Americans were getting so little attention from Obama and Romney.

Use Tuesday, when there's little left to do but wait for the only poll that matters, to explore our special coverage:


President As Enigma: The Seven Mysteries Of Barack Obama - NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR (France)

The World Eyes Northern Ohio: Will Joe The Plumber's Neighbors Decide The Election?LA STAMPA (Italy)

When The Middle Class Decides: The Economics Of Obama vs. RomneyLES ECHOS (France)

Four Years Later, Obama's African "Brothers" Give Him Mixed Marks LE TEMPS (Switzerland)

Latin America To Romney And Obama: Get Serious About Immigration AMERICA ECONOMIA (Chile)

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Facing The Fiscal Cliff, Obama Is Best Hope For Global Economy AMERICA ECONOMIA (Chile)

Postcard From Texas: "Obama Is Driving America To The Brink"LE TEMPS(Switzerland)

America The Nostalgic: Electing A President Of A Nation In Decline LE MONDE (France)

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A Question From China For Obama And Romney: Why Are You Ignoring Asian-Americans? CAIXIN (China)

The Obama-Romney Mall Poll - A Foreign Hunt For America's Undecided LE MONDE (France)

Tale Of Two Republicanisms: Why Even Conservatives In France Don't Get The GOP LES ECHOS (France)

Why Romney's Vow To Make America Less *European* Is Good For Europe DIE WELT (Germany)

Unpacking Ann Romney: How A Would-Be Mormon First Lady Looks Abroad LE MONDE (France)

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Mitt Romney’s Special Message For Europe: “Not One Cent” Of Bailout Cash LA STAMPA (Italy)

Sure, A Third-Party Candidate Would Lose. But America Needs One Anyway DIE WELT (Germany)

Where's The Change? Obama Gets Big Thumbs Down From Once Enamored EuropeTAGES ANZEIGER (Switzerland)

Mitt Romney, The French Years LE MONDE (France)

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Italy's Right-Wing Government Turns Up The Heat On 'Gastronationalism'

Rome has been strongly opposed to synthetic foods, insect-based flours and health warnings on alcohol, and aggressive lobbying by Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government against nutritional labeling has prompted accusations in Brussels of "gastronationalism."

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ROME — On March 23, the Italian Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Francesco Lollobrigida, announced that Rome would ask UNESCO to recognize Italian cuisine as a piece of intangible cultural heritage.

On March 28, Lollobrigida, who is also Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's brother-in-law, promised that Italy would ban the production, import and marketing of food made in labs, especially artificial meat — despite the fact that there is still no official request to market it in Europe.

Days later, Italian Eurodeputy Alessandra Mussolini, granddaughter of fascist leader Benito Mussolini and member of the Forza Italia party, which is part of the governing coalition in Rome, caused a sensation in the European Parliament. On the sidelines of the plenary session, Sophia Loren's niece organized a wine tasting, under the slogan "In Vino Veritas," to show her strong opposition (and that of her government) to an Irish proposal to put health warnings on alcohol bottles. At the end of the press conference, around 11am, she showed her determination by drinking from the neck of a bottle of wine, to great applause.

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