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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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I find it difficult to consider Berlusconi a new man, given that he was one of the closest associates of those who governed Italy in the 1980s. (February 10, 1994)
(Commenting on the crisis of the left-wing government in February 2007) It's a disaster, I'm missing Roma in the Champions League...
(About Italy) A deeply divided and confused country: the cornerstones of shared national history are being called into question, and public discourse is becoming increasingly vulgar.
(About the Italian resistance movement) This party is legitimate because it has roots in national history. [...] We are the heirs of that something that united the country's different democratic traditions .
It is to be feared that the Church will succumb to the temptation of power and that the political influence of Catholics will be directed toward obtaining legal protection for principles and values such as abortion and fertilization, which will then become laws imposed on everyone, undermining the secular nature of the state.
(About Berlusconi) The fall of his leadership worries me, it could block the process of building a democracy of alternation in Italy. (May 31, 1996)
Ah-ah! It's unthinkable that Dr. Berlusconi would enter politics. He has to take care of his debts. Stay put, he wouldn't get many votes anyway. This isn't Brazil! (1993)
Berlusconi reminds me of Kim Il-sung. (July 13, 1994)
I sincerely find it in poor taste to have held this meeting in Teano. The idea of transforming a page of our country's history into a staged event with Maroni in the place of Garibaldi or Victor Emmanuel is an offense to our country.
Being a P2 member means having participated in an organization, a secret sect, that plotted against the state, and this has been confirmed by Parliament. I share this opinion, which was formed after the Anselmi Commission's investigation.
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