I CONFIRM: BERLUSCONI IS NOT ITALY. \He is an entrepreneur that have most of his activities in Italy, so it is not concerned about Europe, except that prom europe he found more opposition than in italy. \Usually in Italy foreign affairs ministers heve always had a bipartisan approach. Berlusconi did not liked this. BTW the rightmost wingod his coalition did not approved his decision and was very unappy on that decision (that had been taken without consulting his allies)
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Louis JOURDAN wrote: > At 9:52 -0500 02/01/6, kilopascal wrote: > >Prior to his decision to resign, Mr Ruggiero had warned that Italy's > >traditional commitment to the EU was at risk. > > Sure, since Berlusconi's arrival, Italy is dragging her feet in the > European integration march. > > But Berlusconi is not Italy. Italians will recall the old good times > of de Gasperi and other Italian leaders committed to Europe. And EU > is strong enough to survive this minor setback. > > Louis > >
