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born 1949
Massimo D'Alema (born 20 April, 1949) is an Italian politician and journalist who was the 53rd prime minister of Italy from 1998 to 2000. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2008.
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Berlusconi speaks with his typical authoritarian mindset. (September 10, 1994)
The center-right did not lose the elections because of its harsh rhetoric. This is a self-consoling argument: Berlusconi has always used harsh rhetoric, being a populist extremist.
One of the reasons why I can come across as difficult even to some left-wing voters is that I always engage in politics, even during election campaigns.
The PDS will never vote for an antitrust law that is not also voted for by the Polo. (June 12, 1995)
As for Mani Pulite, perhaps we should scale back the significance of this event a little. The investigations in Milan uncovered what everyone already knew. (February 27, 1998)
I trust Berlusconi: I truly believe he is sincere when he says he wants reforms. (January 23, 1996)
Dear Cavaliere, you are like Ceausescu: he too controlled all television in Romania, ha ha! (August 2, 1994)
Nichi Vendola can mobilize an electorate that remained on the sidelines in the last elections, but I don't think he can be a viable leader to mobilize a center-left coalition: I wouldn't vote for him.
Personally, I really like Berlusconi.
With Berlusconi we must rewrite the rules of the democratic state. (June 3, 1996)
1921 is celebrated as the birth of the Italian Communist Party, but in reality it was a defeat, a split in the workers' movement, just as fascism was rising.
Never before has there been such a need to return to working together. Can we really believe that this link between ethics and politics can be rebuilt without the political presence of Italian Catholics? No, that would be an illusion.
Those who steal should be put in jail. Unfortunately, this cannot be done because the majority generally protects them. This is the real scandal that newspapers should be reporting on, but they don't, because they are complicit.
I'll say it again: Amato is a liar and a poor man. He's someone who has to do anything to stay where he is, in his chair. But what can I do? Should I tell him to fuck off?
(About the Italian Roman Catholic Church) [...] instead of asking the Church not to interfere, interfere yourselves! If not now, when?
The truth is that this center-right is sailing by sight. The only compass is Berlusconi's personal interests: trials, business, women. Outside of this, there is no longer any politics. There are no choices, no substance. There is nothing.
It's easy to beat up poor, desperate people. Finding the money to do what they promised is difficult, and they are unable to do so. The government has taken out its frustration on the easy target: the weak.
Letta is just a transitional leader for a temporary government with a specific agenda. He will not be useful a second time around. For the future, I imagine Gianni Cuperlo as secretary of the party and Matteo Renzi at Palazzo Chigi.
(About Francesco Cossiga) He is now an old gentleman who enjoys himself. (January 11, 1998)
I think it is unfair to attack Di Pietro and the Milan Pool, because these magistrates have done a great service to the country. (July 20, 1997)
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