Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: Daily Telegraph: Berlusconi non convince nessuno

Berlusconi tries to keep Italy in EU fold
By Bruce Johnston in Rome
(Filed: 08/01/2002)
SILVIO BERLUSCONI, the Italian prime minister, tried to allay fears that his
government is veering away from the European Union mainstream yesterday by
affirming his commitment to further integration.
"We are firmly convinced that our country's future lies in a stronger
Europe, which may express itself with a single voice, and in which political
union may follow monetary union," the centre-Right leader told the Corriere
della Sera newspaper.
His attempt to calm nerves in European capitals followed the surprise
resignation at the weekend of his respected foreign minister, Renato
Ruggiero, as Eurosceptics appeared to be gaining the upper hand in the
cabinet.
Mr Berlusconi will temporarily fill the post himself. President Carlo Ciampi
is said to have agreed to this dual role on the condition that Mr Berlusconi
would send out a "strong signal" of his commitment to continue Italy's
pro-European policy.
Mr Ruggiero, a committed Europhile and Italy's most prestigious and popular
cabinet member, was Mr Ciampi's choice as minister when he asked Mr
Berlusconi to form a government six months ago.
A diplomatic chief and one-time head of the World Trade Organisation, Mr
Ruggiero was seen as a guarantor for a coalition whose many far-Right
elements had caused concern abroad.
Mr Ruggiero was forced to resign at the weekend after he complained in an
interview that Eurosceptic cabinet members were undermining him.
His chief target was Giulio Tremonti, the robotic-voiced finance minister.
On the eve of the euro's launch on Jan 1, Mr Tremonti called the new
currency the stuff of "primates waving banners, faith healers, shamans,
miracle makers and bankers".
The next day, Mr Tremonti's ally Umberto Bossi, the populist Northern League
leader and minister for institutional reform, said he didn't "give a damn
about the euro".
In a further blow to Mr Ruggiero, Antonio Martino, the defence minister and
a former foreign minister, predicted that the single currency could end up
as a total failure.
The ensuing cabinet row overshadowed the euro's launch, which Italy -
usually the most Europhile EU country - has adopted more cautiously than any
other nation.
Mr Berlusconi said yesterday he would fill the foreign minister's post "for
at least six months" until a replacement could be found.
But commentators agreed that the task promised to be arduous, and would be
the government's trial by fire.
Not only would the new minister need to be respected and pro-European enough
to mollify EU fears, but he would also have to be sufficiently open-minded
about integration to win over the Eurosceptics at home.
Italy's growing tendency to question Europe since Mr Berlusconi's election
victory in May has perplexed foreign observers.
But political insiders in Rome said Mr Ruggiero was the victim of a
behind-the-scenes power struggle to succeed Mr Berlusconi, 66.
Mr Tremonti, an important member of the prime minister's Forza Italia party,
is said to have his sights on the job. But Piero Fassino, leader of the
opposition Left Democrats, said the government's policy had changed.
"Ruggiero has gone," he said, "and Tremonti and Bossi have been allowed to
remain. It is they who are calling the shots. The government's


Daily Telegraph??
Bah... giornalaccio comunista fondato da una cooperativa
marxista-leninista...
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ridiamo che poi pagheremo...

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beh,almeno cambia l'oggetto del post...............
che berlusconi non convinca nessuno non č mica vero!!!!
ricordi a maggio?

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Forse si riferiva a quelli che il cervello (magari solo per proprio
interesse) lo usano ancora. Gli europei.
Waku waku, Leftorium

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Si riferiva ai commentatori politici fuori dall'Italia. Esclusi cioč i vari
pagliacci Fede, Ferrrara, ecc..