Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: Grazie Silvio

In Australia:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/19/1055828442147.html
addirittura a San Francisco:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/06/18/international1535EDT0685.DTL
in giro:
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2956790
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=11780
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3002486.stm
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=3962315
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3002568.stm
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=11761
puo' bastare?
ah, una cosa strana: tutte ste fonti giornalistiche presentano la vicenda
Berlusca in maniera leggermente diversa da come la presentano i giornali
italiani. Che siano tutti potenziali comunisti in giro per il mondo?

Il NyTimes ha ben tre articoli in data 19/6 sull'argomento....
I titoli sono:
1) Parliament in Italy Passes Immunity Law for Berlusconi 
2) Berlusconi Immunity Greeted with Fury, Frustration 
3) Fury and Resignation Greet Berlusconi Immunity 
Vi posto integralmente gli articoli perché per leggerli bisognerebbe
registrarsi.
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Fury and Resignation Greet Berlusconi Immunity
By REUTERS
Filed at 7:38 a.m. ET
ROME (Reuters) - A decision to grant legal immunity to Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi has spared him potential embarrassment during
Italy's coming EU presidency, but provoked outrage on Thursday in
Italy and beyond.
Italian commentators called the new bill, which the lower house of
parliament approved late on Wednesday after a furious debate, an abuse
of power, and critics drew parallels with George Orwell's parable
against totalitarianism, ``Animal Farm.''
``From today, Berlusconi can no longer be tried...as a citizen,
therefore, he is no longer equal to everyone else,'' left-leaning
newspaper La Repubblica wrote in a front-page editorial. ``The law is
no longer equal for all.''
Appearing in court during his on-going corruption trial earlier this
week, Berlusconi himself said he was ``more equal'' than other
citizens ``given that 50 percent of Italians have given me the
responsibility to govern.''
The bill, already passed by the Senate upper house, has been rushed
through parliament in record time and is set to be signed into law by
Italy's president in the coming days, before Italy takes over the
rotating European Union presidency on July 1.
In Germany, centrist newspaper Berliner Zeitung condemned the way the
vote had been rammed through and said it was clearly designed to save
Berlusconi from possible conviction.
``Berlusconi has used his deputies as gullible voters in order to save
his neck,'' the paper wrote in a commentary alongside a cartoon
showing a smiling Berlusconi dressed as a jailer parading before a
blindfolded Justice behind bars. 
TAILOR-MADE LAW?
The bill -- which was actually first proposed by the left and brings
Italy into line with many other European countries -- gives legal
immunity to those holding the five highest offices of state and
suspends any court cases under way.
Berlusconi is the only one of the five on trial and will be immune at
least until his current term ends in 2006 -- barring any government
collapse -- and longer if he is re-elected.
He is charged with bribing judges to sway a decision in a contested
corporate takeover battle in the mid-1980s, nearly a decade before he
entered politics. He denies the charges and has accused judges of a
politically motivated witch-hunt.
A verdict had been expected in the next few weeks, during Italy's
six-month EU presidency, which could have created deep embarrassment
if Berlusconi were to have been found guilty.
While he is now spared that threat, his co-defendants in the same case
are not protected.
Prosecutors have called for sentences of more than 11 years for other
defendants.
Il Giornale, a newspaper run by Berlusconi's brother, hailed the
immunity bill as a good move that will put a stop to the ``judicial
witch-hunt'' and said the government could now oversee its EU
presidency with a greater degree of serenity.
But Italians in the street were angry and despairing at the bill,
which film director Nanni Moretti, an opposition icon, called the
worst the Berlusconi government had so far created.
``What do I think?'' asked construction worker Mario Artone. ``I think
it's a huge negative and to the detriment of everybody. Democracy just
doesn't exist here anymore.'' 
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Berlusconi Immunity Greeted with Fury, Frustration
By REUTERS
Filed at 12:13 p.m. ET
ROME (Reuters) - A decision to grant legal immunity to Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi has spared him potential embarrassment during
Italy's coming EU presidency, but provoked outrage in Italy and beyond
on Thursday.
Italian commentators called the new bill, which the lower house of
parliament approved late on Wednesday, an abuse of power, and critics
drew parallels with George Orwell's parable against totalitarianism,
``Animal Farm.''
``From today, Berlusconi can no longer face trial...as a citizen,
therefore, he is no longer equal to everyone else,'' left-leaning
newspaper La Repubblica wrote in a front-page editorial. ``The law is
no longer equal for all.''
The bill, already passed by the upper house Senate, was rushed through
parliament in record time and is set to be signed into law by Italy's
president in the coming days, before Italy takes over the rotating
European Union presidency on July 1.
Giving his first reaction, Berlusconi welcomed the passage of the bill
as he arrived in Greece on Thursday ahead of a summit of EU leaders,
``It brings Italy into line with other European countries,'' he told
reporters, adding that while some people were working to raise Italy's
prestige on the world stage, others were constantly trying to
discredit the country.
In Germany, the Berliner Zeitung newspaper condemned the way the vote
had been rammed through and said it was clearly designed to save
Berlusconi from possible conviction.
``Berlusconi has used his deputies as gullible voters in order to save
his neck,'' the paper wrote in a commentary. 
BRIBERY CHARGES
The bill -- which was actually first proposed by the left and brings
Italy into line with France and other EU nations -- gives legal
immunity to those holding the five highest offices of state and
suspends any court cases under way.
Berlusconi is the only one of the five on trial and will be immune at
least until his current term ends in 2006 -- barring any government
collapse -- and longer if he is re-elected.
He is charged with bribing judges to sway a decision in a contested
corporate takeover battle in the mid-1980s, nearly a decade before he
entered politics. He denies the charges.
A verdict had been expected in the next few weeks, during Italy's
six-month EU presidency, which could have created deep embarrassment
if Berlusconi were to have been found guilty.
While he is now spared that threat, his co-defendants in the same case
are not protected. Prosecutors have called for sentences of more than
11 years for other defendants.
Il Giornale, a newspaper run by Berlusconi's brother, hailed the
immunity bill as a sound move that would put a stop to ``judicial
witch-hunting'' and said the government could now oversee its EU
presidency with a greater degree of serenity.
But Italians on the street were angry and frustrated at the bill,
which film director Nanni Moretti, an opposition icon, called it the
worst bill the Berlusconi government had so far created.
``What do I think?'' asked construction worker Mario Artone. ``I think
it's a huge negative and to the detriment of everybody. Democracy just
doesn't exist here any more.'' 
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Parliament in Italy Passes Immunity Law for Berlusconi
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
ROME, June 18 — The Italian Parliament tonight granted Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution while he remains in
office, in effect suspending his corruption trial days before he
assumes the rotating presidency of the European Union.
Mr. Berlusconi's supporters passed a bitterly contested immunity law
that protects the top five officials in Italy's government from
prosecution while in office. The vote was 302 to 17, with 13
abstentions, but almost all opposition members had left the 630-seat
Chamber of Deputies in protest at the time of the vote. The Senate had
passed the bill earlier. 
Italy's president, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, is expected to sign the law
quickly so that it takes effect before July 1, when Italy takes over
the presidency of the European Union.
Supporters of Mr. Berlusconi said tonight, as they have in the passage
of previous measures that benefited the prime minister, that the laws
were in the country's best interest and necessary to protect him from
politically motivated prosecutors. Critics say the laws are
tailor-made to help Mr. Berlusconi, who is Italy's wealthiest man,
elude prosecution for questionable business deals made before he took
office.
Those debates have surfaced repeatedly since he took office in 2001,
centering on everything from his legal travails to his purported
conflict of interest as media baron and prime minister. 
This time, the stakes are higher because Mr. Berlusconi is about to
step more prominently into the international spotlight. On Tuesday, he
spent an hour defending himself before a court in Milan, where he is
accused of bribing judges in Rome to influence the sale of a
state-controlled food company in the 1980's.
James Walston, a political science professor at American University in
Rome, said tonight after the law passed that "the big international
damage is that Berlusconi will be perceived as trying to crowbar his
way out of judicial troubles." 
"But Berlusconi is saying `I don't trust the Italian judicial
system,"' he added.
Mr. Berlusconi has said the seven-year duration of the Milan trial
shows that he is the object of a witch-hunt. He has always denied any
wrongdoing in the matter. 
He predicted as recently as May that the "immunity law will not be
passed in the near future — because the immunity law will need several
months, perhaps more than a year."
Prosecutors can still appeal the new law in hopes that the country's
highest court will rule it unconstitutional, but government officials
said they were confident that would not happen.
If the law stands, the court appearance by Mr. Berlusconi on Tuesday —
his third — was almost certainly his last as a sitting prime minister
facing criminal charges. 
Immunity for Italian lawmakers was largely revoked after the
corruption scandals of the early 1990's brought down the political
establishment. The new law reinstates immunity for the president, the
prime minister, two Parliament speakers and the chief justice.
The Tuesday appearance was replete with theatrical moments, and one of
Mr. Berlusconi's television stations replayed the entire deposition
that night.
"Throwing doubt and mud on the prime minister's office throws doubt
and mud on the entire country," Mr. Berlusconi said, gesticulating
fiercely and waving papers in front of judges and television cameras. 
By virtue of his media ownership and his position as prime minister,
he has either direct control or potentially powerful influence over
six of the seven national channels.
"It's a law of privilege; it's not democratic for one person to have
so much power," said Giuseppe Fanfani, an opposition lawmaker who sits
on the Chamber's justice commission. 
Mr. Fanfani also doubted the new law's constitutionality, although he
admitted that even if it were eventually overturned, the six-month
presidency of the European Union would then have passed to another
nation. 
Milan judges recently separated the trial of Mr. Berlusconi from
others in the case because his busy schedule kept him away from court
too much. 
His co-defendants include his former defense minister, business
partner and close friend Cesare Previti, who will have no such shield
in the coming weeks. 
While the immunity law might postpone Mr. Berlusconi's trial until his
term ends in 2006, it may prove politically difficult for him to shake
shadows cast by any guilty verdicts for close associates like Mr.
Previti.
"The other verdicts will happen before the E.U. semester is over, and
if they are found guilty, there is a big implication that Berlusconi
is guilty," Mr. Walston said. "In law, that would be guilt by
association, but this is politics, and that will be morally very
damaging." 
Altro articolo che ci prende per il culo
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=1854
Che vergogna..
Ciauz
Mogan
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Inoltre avresti goduto della mia immensa gratitudine! 
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	Augusto