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Bernd Bergmann

Inside Italy

23 Giugno 2008 di
Bernd Bergmann

Save the premier or save everyone?

After an initial period of dialogue between government and opposition, relations have become strained. Walter Veltroni of the Democratic Party (PD) has declared the period of cooperation to be over. Disagreements have broken out over the government’s plan to limit the use of wiretapping which is far more common in Italy than in any other Western country. But the biggest dispute concerns a proposed judicial measure which the centre-left claims is tailored to save Silvio Berlusconi from prosecution.

Inside Italy

04 Giugno 2008 di
Bernd Bergmann

Ahmadinejad’s ‘Roman Holiday’ ends in failure

Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s visit to the food crisis summit in Rome on June 3 ended in failure as the Iranian president united the entire Italian political class against him. His inflammatory rhetoric found no audience as even the left was appalled by his hysterical anti-Israel outbursts.

Inside Italy

26 Maggio 2008 di
Bernd Bergmann

Naples can hope for a better future

In a symbolic move prime minister Silvio Berlusconi held the first cabinet meeting in Naples in order to show solidarity with a city that has suffered for half a year from a severe trash crisis. The new government announced several measures to make the city “blossom again.”

Inside Italy

29 Aprile 2008 di
Bernd Bergmann

Alemanno’s sensational victory in Rome

Gianni Alemanno of the People of Freedom list
(PDL) is the new mayor of Rome. He defeated outgoing vice premier Francesco
Rutelli (PD) by 53.7 to 46.3 percentage points in the direct run-off.
Alemanno’s victory is the second major triumph for the centre-right in only two
weeks after Berlusconi’s general election victory of April 14.

Inside Italy

14 Aprile 2008 di
Bernd Bergmann

Berlusconi wins a clear majority

Silvio
Berlusconi will be Italy’s
next prime minister and his margin of victory is bigger than most people
expected. His People of Freedom (PDL) movement, the Lega Nord and the small MPA
will be able to control both houses of parliament.

berlusconi elezioni08 popolo della libertà

Inside Italy

09 Aprile 2008 di
Bernd Bergmann

Trade unions push Alitalia closer to bankruptcy

Alitalia, Italy’s flagship airline, received another
blow in its battle for survival after Air France-KLM walked out of negotiations
with the trade unions. Since the Franco-Dutch carrier had been the only bidder
left, the company now faces bankruptcy unless the unions are willing to accept
Air France-KLM’s conditions for the takeover or another bid is organized soon.

Inside Italy

03 Aprile 2008 di
Bernd Bergmann

Milan’s EXPO success revives common spirit

Milan will host the 2015 EXPO after winning
the final vote in Paris against the Turkish city
of Smirne. The
news was received with great satisfaction all over Italy. It comes at the right time
to revive optimism in the country after the Naples trash crisis and the bad economic
situation had led to “a winter of discontent”.

expo2015

Inside Italy

25 Marzo 2008 di
Bernd Bergmann

Can Alitalia be rescued?

Silvio
Berlusconi has announced that a bid to rescue Alitalia, Italy’s main airline,
will be put forward in the next three to four weeks. The bid would involve an
Italian consortium led by domestic carrier Air One and possibly some other
northern Italian companies.

Inside Italy

14 Marzo 2008 di
Bernd Bergmann

D’Alema’s comments on Hamas cause a diplomatic row

Italy’s foreign minister, Massimo D’Alema, has enraged the Israeli ambassador by demanding that Israel should start negotiations with Hamas. With the election campaign so far being dominated by social and economic issues, the controversy not only brings foreign policy back to the front pages but also serves to underline the contrasting approaches of Veltroni’s PD and Berlusconi’s PDL to international politics.

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Bernd Bergmann

Save the premier or save everyone?

Ahmadinejad’s ‘Roman Holiday’ ends in failure

Naples can hope for a better future

Alemanno’s sensational victory in Rome

Berlusconi wins a clear majority

Trade unions push Alitalia closer to bankruptcy

Milan’s EXPO success revives common spirit

Can Alitalia be rescued?

D’Alema’s comments on Hamas cause a diplomatic row

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