Since I worked on a Mastodon client, I know that there is a hide_collections parameter in the account settings which allows you to not disclose publicly your followers and following.
It's in the PATCH v1/accounts/update_credentials API request body, see documentation here.
Out of the frying pan into the fire? Another corrupt christian neoliberal, "without eastern influences" only until the wind changes? I doubt this is good news at all.
I'm Italian and just seeing Prodi's face (a picture of him 30 years ago btw) makes me sick. Don't worry guys, he has been never accurate in anything and literally lied to the nation in multiple occasions, so rest assured his words will never become true.
The real underlying question is: did the EU expand eastwards too soon?