Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: ..e i francesi sghignazzano...

Berlusconi bocciato
La Confindustria attacca
L'intervento del presidente di Confindustria Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, 
pubblicato il 27 dicembre sul quotidiano Il Sole 24 Ore, è un chiaro attacco 
al presidente del consiglio italiano Silvio Berlusconi, già in svantaggio 
nei sondaggi per le elezioni di aprile. Secondo Montezemolo, l'Italia ha 
bisogno di una nuova costituente che ridefinisca le regole delle istituzioni 
e dell'economia, ma soprattutto deve scegliere dei dirigenti onesti e 
competenti per recuperare credibilità. Fin dalle prime righe della sua 
analisi, il presidente degli industriali condanna senza appello l'operato di 
Berlusconi, che aveva promesso "un nuovo miracolo economico". Sono lontani i 
tempi in cui Montezemolo accoglieva il Cavaliere come uno dei suoi.
Le Monde, Francia [in francese]
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3214,36-725190@51-723525,0.html
 

 
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3214,36-725190@51-723525,0.html
  by Rory Watson and Anthony Browne
            AFTER five years at the helm of the European Commission, Romano
Prodi bade farewell yesterday. He talked up his achievements, but critics
declared him the "worst president in the history of the EU".
            The former Italian Prime Minister, who chairs his final
commission meeting today and officially stands down at the end of the week,
held a cocktail party for journalists and told them: "These have been
important years for me. They were difficult at the beginning, but I gained
more satisfaction as the years went by. We had a strong policy from the
beginning. I leave this heritage to my successor."
            Speaking in the reopened commission HQ, the Berlaymont, which
took 12 years to refurbish, he said: "We had to deal with important
challenges such as enlargement and the constitution, and we reformed the
Commission internally."
            The expansion of the European Union to embrace much of Eastern
Europe on May 1 this year is widely seen as a huge success. It entrenched
democracy and free markets in eight unstable former communist states, and
peacefully reunited the Continent after the divisions of the Cold War.
            The simultaneous launch of the European single currency in one
day across twelve countries in January 2002 - the largest logistical
exercise since the Second World War - is also seen as a triumph.
            Under Signor Prodi, the Commission also paved the way for Turkey
to start negotiations to join the EU, prodding the country into human rights
and democratic reforms.
            But Signor Prodi, a former economics professor, was frank about
his main failure - the inability to reform the rigid and stagnant economies
of the EU. The so-called Lisbon agenda, aimed at closing the productivity
gap with the US and making the EU the most competitive economy in the world,
was "a big failure", he said.
            EU analysts insist that his failings go further. Charles Grant,
the europhile director of the Centre for European Reform think-tank, said:
"He has been the most unsuccessful president in the history of the EU. He's
failed to co-ordinate the work of his commissioners as a team. As a former
prime minister, he was too grand to get into the nitty-gritty of dossiers,
and sailed over the surface."
            Graham Mather, president of the right-leaning European Policy
Forum, said: "He's shown no understanding of the market-opening and foreign
policy agenda. He's shown no intellectual leadership, and has been prone to
many gaffes."
            The process of EU enlargement, and preparations for the euro,
were begun well before Signor Prodi came to power.
             It was on his watch that the Growth and Stability Pact - the
treaty that upheld the euro - collapsed as France and Germany failed to curb
huge budget deficits. Many of his individual commissioners are widely judged
to have been excellent. They include Chris Patten in external affairs,
Günter Verheugen in enlargement, and Mario Monti in competition. But many of
the Commission's successes are attributed to them rather than their boss.
            Signor Prodi was appointed President when the Commission of
Jacques Santer resigned en masse after a corruption scandal.
            He came to power saying that his priority was to purge the EU's
institutions of fraud, but last year it emerged that millions of euros had
vanished without trace into secret bank accounts opened by the officials of
Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency.
            The other main count against Signor Prodi is the haemorrhaging
in public support for the EU. The Commission's surveys record Euroscepticism
across the Union. The turnout at the European elections last June was a
record low, with fewer than one in two voters bothering to go to the polls.
            Nor is there any longer a "big project" to drive the EU forward.
"The EU is perceived to be in a pretty ghastly state. The Commission has
lost its sense of purpose," Mr Grant said.
            Signor Prodi is particularly proud of having seen through the
negotiations that led to the EU's first constitution. agreed by member
states in July. On Friday, Signor Prodi's last day in office, it will be
signed by 28 heads of state in Rome. However, it has prompted referendums on
the constitution in 11 countries, some of which could deliver a "no" vote,
sparking a Continent-wide political crisis.
            Tomorrow, the European Parliament will vote whether to approve
the new Commission, and most of the main political groups are insisting that
they will not. If Signor Prodi's successor, José Manuel Durão Barroso, the
former Portuguese Prime Minister, fails the vote, he will not be able to
take office next week and Signor Prodi will have to stay on as President of
a "caretaker Commission".
            Signor Prodi, who hopes to return soon to Italian politics,
said: "I really hope that will not be the case." He is not alone.

Andrea Vanacore ha scritto:
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Berlusconi considerato un incapace da sinistra a destra , passando per
confidustria.

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Hanno ben poco da sghignazzare i francesi dopo il casino che e'
successo a casa loro...