Newsgroup: it.politica
Titolo: Prodi deve andarsene

news.bbc.co.uk
Last Updated: Friday, 5 December, 2003, 12:18 GMT  
 
Minister urges EU chief to quit
 
[[Picture] MacShane is in the spotlight for the second time in a week ]
A UK minister had said Romano Prodi should quit his job as EU 
commission president because he is not "dedicated 100%" to his job, 
it has been reported. 
The controversial comments have propelled Foreign Office Minister 
Denis MacShane into the spotlight for the second time this week. 
On Wednesday he apologised for remarks about the UK's Muslim 
community. 
Now he has suggested Mr Prodi's political ambitions in his home 
country of Italy are at odds with his EU job. 
A spokeswoman for Tony Blair appeared to distance the prime 
minister from Mr MacShane's remarks. 
She said: "We have no criticism to make of Mr Prodi." 
Asked if the prime minister had any criticism to make of Mr 
MacShane she repeated: "We have no criticism to make of Mr Prodi." 
[[Box]  Mr Prodi's return to Italy would be totally understandable, but 
he has to serve Europe properly
Denis MacShane ]
The spokesman was then asked if the minister still had Mr Blair's 
full confidence, to which she replied: "I am sure he has." 
'Dedicated' 
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw also distanced himself from Mr 
MacShane's comments . 
A Foreign Office spokesman said that while Mr MacShane had made 
criticisms of Mr Prodi, the Foreign Secretary had no such criticisms 
of the commission president. 
Mr MacShane told the Guardian newspaper: "It is not acceptable that 
the commission should have a president who is not dedicated 100% to 
the questions of Europe, but who is instead seen as a leader of the 
opposition in exile." 
A spokesman for Mr Prodi rejected the accusation. 
He said: "Romano Prodi is 100% dedicated to his duties as 
commission president , as he has made clear on many occasions." 
Challenge 
Mr Prodi's spell as president of the European Commission ends next 
year. 
He is expected to return to Rome to take charge of Italy's 
centre-left coalition and challenge Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi 
in the country's next general election. 
"Mr Prodi's return to Italy would be totally understandable," Mr 
MacShane told the Guardian. 
"But he has to serve Europe properly." 
The comments were condemned by Tory foreign affairs spokesman 
Michael Ancram and his Liberal Democrat counterpart Menzies 
Campbell, who said it amounted to "megaphone diplomacy". 
Mr MacShane's comments come amid a continuing row over remarks he 
made about UK Muslims choosing between British-style democratic 
dialogue and Islamic extremism. 
Apology 
The comments, in the original text of a speech released by the MP's 
office, were toned down when he delivered it. 
But they had already caused enough of a storm to prompt the 
Rotherham MP to write to his local paper acknowledging he could have 
"chosen his words more carefully". 
His conciliatory remarks failed to abate the anger among some 
members of the Muslim community. 
Labour Party member Mohammed Rashid - the secretary of the 
Rotherham council for mosques - has said Mr MacShane should resign. 
(C) BBC
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Prodi go home. :-)
Padania libera !
La capitale e' la gran Milàn !
Federalismo subito o secessione armata !
Los von Rom !
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Per non dimenticare: tra il 1987 e il 1994, la polizia di stato
italiana incaricata di rapinare banche, uffici postali, stazioni di
servizio e supermercati ha ucciso a Bologna 24 persone ferendone piu'
di 100. Per contro, i reati che rimangono impuniti sono l'80.4% su
scala regionale (dato riferito all'Emilia-Romagna) e l'82% su scala
nazionale. Per il conseguimento di tali risultati degni di una
satrapia islamica, lo stato italiano estorce a noi cittadini del 
Nord fino al 72% del reddito in tasse.
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"Il tricolore e' bello da vedere,
quando ricopre la cassa del carabiniere"

Se deve andarsene per venire a far danno in Italia
meglio che resti in Europa

 commission president because he is not "dedicated 100%" to his job...
Humour britannico.
Andrea
salo...@mediacomm.it