Silvio Berlusconi

Well, A PM, unlike a president can not be impeached. In a multiple party system, the coalition partners should however demand that a new PM is installed. But since “Il cabaritieri” is also the richest, most important man in Italy, nobody has the guts to question him. It’s evident that what’s going on in Italy, is not normal and should be followed by the rest of the world closely. A shame the EU doesn’t put more pressure on Berlusconi.

Can a PM be impeached in Italy? He’s a total f***ing prat.
I think that he is a despot: he recently passed a law saying that the PM’s trials cannot be done during their terms, halting his trial for G-d knows how long. He’s barely fit to be a mayor, much less Mr. Europe. He’s like Midas.

Re: north/south divide-Mongu

Originally posted by pendennis
Don’t forget the North-South divide between Scotland and England. Never mind Italy!.Here in Caledonia, English baiting is a national pastime and when England get whacked at football it is like Mardi Gras night in New Orleans up here in Scotland!.
Still with all the Jocks in Tony Blair’s government we are doing not badly.

Yo , I still maintain that us Scots invaded England years ago , they just ain’t realised it yet . They get a Scottish Prime Minister ( educated at Fettes ) and we almost made them keep Robin Cook too!!.

Yes , Keltic that’s a good analysis.

However Berlusconi is a disgrace and I really wonder why the Italian chose this guy.

But , didn’t we (I didn’t actually) almost choose Le Pen 😡

Originally posted by mixtec
I dont want to start up any kind of debate or insult anyone, but isnt it true that northern Italy is responcible for much of the countrys wealth/prosperity, and the southern part a political/economic nightmare?

This is not totally correct. Makes sense but under the prespective of the north. I don´t see it has to do with the insults of this guy. Southern italy is much poor, not because they are lazy and make use of the northern wealth, but for questions of having a poor enviroment, poor resources, living away from power, poor climate isolation, lack of interest from the north and other factors. Under any circunstance there not such a huge gap, which make us think that the north is wealthy and the south it´s a nightmare. This comments have been used for ages by racist “Ligga” and crazy xenophobe Bossi´s Padania Fairlyland to justify his selfish stance and avoid the investiment in a south which nobody never cares about it.

Originally posted by Geforce
Heard the latest, Mr. Berlusconi now also wants presidential power. MM, the last time a chancellor took over presidential power, when was that?

Adolf maybe ? 😀

The economic differences between North and South Italy are not something new. In the North, cities like Siena and Florence in the 15the century, and Genua and Venice from the 16th century on, have always been centres of cultural, financial and economical might. The Renaissance being one example, but also the thousands of banks situated there, who controlled most of Western Europe’s money (including that of the King/Emperors, as there was not public treasery).

The South, however, has always been backward. Even the Romans didn’t consider the people living here as Romans, but more as ‘allies’. Greek settlers in the 8th century AD created cities like Nicapolis, Tarentum and Syracuse (Sicilie). The Romans destroyed most of these cities during the 2nd Punic war, but never rebuild them. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, Southern Italy was seperated from the rest of Italy through the ‘Papal’ state (Vatican). After the Middle Ages, the area of Napels (= Southern Italy) became a part the Kingdom of Aragon (Spain).

The best thing to do for Italy is to become a federal state. However, this doesn’t garantuee that all problems will be solved, in fact, more will erupt. Fact is that Northern Italy is a very rich and prosperous region, and the South is ruled by ‘the family’.

Heard the latest, Mr. Berlusconi now also wants presidential power. MM, the last time a chancellor took over presidential power, when was that?

north/south divide-Mongu

Don’t forget the North-South divide between Scotland and England. Never mind Italy!.Here in Caledonia, English baiting is a national pastime and when England get whacked at football it is like Mardi Gras night in New Orleans up here in Scotland!.
Still with all the Jocks in Tony Blair’s government we are doing not badly.

Yes, there is a huge North-South divide.

Isn’t the US the same – with New England etc., and New York…and then places like “the South” where everyone is religous but poor 😉

I’m not having a dig at the US – my own country is the same (England) with even my home of the Isle of Man having a slight N-S disparity.

I dont want to start up any kind of debate or insult anyone, but isnt it true that northern Italy is responcible for much of the countrys wealth/prosperity, and the southern part a political/economic nightmare?

It’s unbeleivable, from a British point of view, how the Italians voted in such a man to be leader of their country. Why can’t they see that with him owning the press, having such a racist view of the world, and becoming immune from prosecution, he’s unsuitable for the job?

Any Italians care to comment?

Nobody with a minimun degree of intelligence cares what this guy says. SImply an insult to Italy. Sometimes I wonder if people whishes can be respected when they vote with people like this. It´s quite funny that he calls “kapo” (chief in a concentration camp) to the german MP when in italian “cappo” means exactly what he embodies.

He’s a white Nigerian.

Nobody respects Italian democracy (corruption plus a new goivernment every 5 minutes) and I have to say, the Italian electorate have demonstrated why this is the case, by allowing such a contemptible man to be in charge.