Following in the footsteps of the United States, Italy has announced it will also withdraw from the globalist World Health Organization (WHO). Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini announced a bill to withdraw Italy from the WHO not long after the U.S. took similar steps.

Salvini announced on January 23rd that his Lega party had introduced a bill to withdraw the country from the WHO. The proposal was filed by Senator Claudio Borghi and Deputy Alberto Bagnai on the same day as Salvini’s announcement. The bill filed by the two Lega lawmakers seeks to repeal Rome’s 1947 legislative decree binding it to the global health body.

After the U.S. withdrew, the WHO turned to crowdfunding to offset some of its upcoming financial losses.

The WHO expressed regret over the decision, stating, “We hope the United States will reconsider, and we look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the USA and WHO for the benefit of the health and well-being of millions of people around the globe.” It seems that the organization is more concerned about where its funding will come from than actually making people healthier.

But there are those who are concerned that this move will embolden China and allow the totalitarian regime to expand its presence within the “health” space globally. The U.S. withdrawal could create a leadership vacuum in international health governance. Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health law at George Washington University, called the move “a cataclysmic presidential decision,” according to a report by Natural News. –SHTFPlan

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Italy had expressed that it did not want to deal with a “supernational power center” any longer, especially one financed by its tax cattle.

“Italy must no longer have to deal with a supranational power center – handsomely financed by Italian taxpayers – which goes hand in hand with the multinationals of the drug,” remarked Salvini, who also serves as Italy’s infrastructure and transportation minister. His comments reflect growing skepticism about the WHO’s role in global health governance and its alignment with multinational pharmaceutical interests.

Salvini also emphasized that the €100 million ($103.87 million) Italy contributes annually to the WHO could instead be redirected to support Italian patients, hospitals, and doctors. Microbiologist Maria Rita Gismondo expressed agreement with the proposal, stating that Italy’s motivations for pulling out of the WHO are “more than founded and absolutely concrete.”

Critics claim that a power vacuum will need to be filled once the U.S. is officially withdrawn, which will be in early 2026. Some claim that countries like China will swoop in to fill that void left by other empires. Additional complaints are that weakening the organization could jeopardize critical programs addressing tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and other global health emergencies. However, proponents of the bill see it as an opportunity to prioritize national interests and challenge the dominance of unelected supranational bodies.

Anytime power can be stripped from any established institution, it should be. However, the U.S. and Italy will still likely use this as a reason to enact their own “health tyranny.” It could be noting more than a power grab of the U.S. and Italian empires.