Before criminal bloody attack, Berlusconi had denounced in the EU Politically motivated Harassment
- " I condemn the attack against the Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi. Political Dialogue cannot be conducted in such a fashion, and this unacceptable incident should never have happened. We wish him a rapid recovery and return in full health", declared EU Parliament's President, Jerzy Buzek, from the start of this week's Plenary in Strasbourg, largely applauded.
- "We may be political opponents, but no adversary is a physical enemy. "This is unacceptable", declared Gianni Pitella, an Italian "Socialist". Such Violence brings us "close to the edge of the Abyss", strongly denounced Mario Mauro, Head of the ChristianDemocrat/EPP delegation of Italy.
According to his doctor, Berlusconi lost 2 liters of blood, had 2 teeth destroyed, his neck broken and his mouth wounded, etc, obliged to stay in Hospital at least for 3 painful Days, after someone threw a heavy metallic object against his head.
- Politically motivated opponents, instead of participating in a Democratic Dialogue on general issues, on the contrary multiplie Personal Attacks, by distording the truth and slandering me at some Media, while systematically launching accusations to the Courts, again and again, with the obvious aim to oblige me to waste Time continuously to defend myself to the judges, without leaving Time to act politically in favor of the majority of the People which elected us in the Government. They even pushed some judges to interpret the Constitution in a way which circumvents its articles protecting Italy's Prime Ministers during their mandate, to the point that we are obliged to try to reform the Constitution in a way which could avoid such harassment, he said.
And, faithful to his personality, Silvio Berlusconi used Humour to describe the situation, even by citing one of the "bad jokes" among many systematically fabricated by his oponents against his person in order to present him as "Bad and Stupid", deserving to be hurt :
- "According to the latest anecdote against me, when an Airplane transporting Heads of State was damaged by an explosion, after they found that they had only 4 parachutes, Obama got the 1st, claiming that he was "the most Powerful man in the World". The Pilot got the 2nd one claiming that he was the most competent to decide what was going on in "his" airplane. While the 3rd one was "taken by Mr Berlusconi, who claimed that he was the most intelligent man in Europe". As for the 4rth parachute, it was given to the Pope, who declined the offer and gave it to his assistant, saying that he was "a Young man" who should be saved. But his assistant replied that he didn't need it : - "You can keep it, because we have not 1 but 2 parachutes left : Since the so-called "most intelligent man in Europe" (i.e. Berlusconi) has just jumbed out of the airplane with my sleeping bag !"...
"Berlu", as he's familiarly called, succeeded, thus, to make spontaneously laugh hundreds of People, even Heads of State and Government, (including German Chancellor Angie Merkel, French Prime Minister Fillon, EU Council's President Herman Van Rompuy, etc), even some .. "Leftist" journalists covering the events, who exceptionally found him Human and "Sympa"..
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- "Europe must be liberated from this undermining "wooden talk" of a "unique thought" which hampers democratic debates", stressed incoming EU Chairman, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, speaking to Journalists after his official meeting with EU Commission's President, Jose Barroso, at Elysee Palace in Paris
- "It's precisely because there are not enough Debates, that EU hasn't managed yet to make it clear to European citizens what is really at stake", he added, in an obvious reference to the latest Irish "No" in 2008, after a long series of similar, unprecedented events, from the 1st Majority Abstention to EU Parliament's Elections in 1999, repeated in 2004, to the Dutch and French "No" in 2005, etc.
- "This is not an easy period, but we shall act with determination, while also listening to Citizens' views", he promised.
Sarkozy's move came shortly before his opening Speech, next week in EU Parliament in Strasbourg, for the first Public Debate on the Priorities of the French EU Presidency (July - December 2008), and that's one of the reasons for which he significantly opened his EU Council's Chairmanship by welcoming at Elysee palace EU Parliament's President, German MEP Hans Gert Poettering at first..
The incoming EU Chairman was replying to Press Questions about rumours that controversial British EU Commissioner on Trade, Mandelson, was alone to drop an invitation to have a working Diner at Elysee palace, together with all other EU Commissioners and the French Government, only because he would have been upset for some critical points made earlier by President Sarkozy in defense of European Agriculture vis-a-vis its Foreign competitors.
But, as smiling Sarkozy played down Mandelson's reported refusal to debate, saying that he had to visit Marseille for a Ministerial meeting on Trade the next morning, and that "all our British friends are always welcome to taste a nice diner" in France, perhaps at another occasion..
- "It's urgent to win anew the trust of the People" : Lately, "the European ideal lost its momentum. Since several years, whenever Citizens are questioned on Europe, they react with reserves : They even have .. a tendency to reply "NO".. After this 3rd "No" of a People in some years, there is an Urgency to convince", added French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, after a meeting earlier the same day of all Ministers with EU Commissioners, followed by an interview with Barroso
"According to recent Polls, only 30% of French people believe that the European construction is a source of hope. It's only a poll, but we all now quite well, that, since 2005, it's dangerous to neglect these alarming signals, as it would be dangerous to treat with contempt the Irish "No", Fillon warned.
"We all have a common duty to prove to the European Citizens who have doubts, that EU is more useful, more necessary, than ever" : And "that EU can take decisions needed in order to respond to European or Global challenges", the Prime Minister concluded.
- "We believe, together with President Sarkozy, that EU should open debates on all issues of direct, concrete interest to Citizens", confirmed later to EuroFora the Head of France's governing party (UMP), Patrick Devedjan, after his speech to the European People's party (EPP) Study Days in Paris (2 - 4 July 2008).
He didn't deny that one of them is Turkey : - "Public Opinion in France is very much unfavorable to Turkey's EU bid, and President Sarkozy has said that several times", he told EuroFora.
From European Central Bank's controversial policies on Euro's value, to EU Enlargement Strategy, etc., issues of obvious importance to EU Citizens will be plenty, next week in EU Parliament in Strasbourg, before President Sarkozy launches the debates on EU 2008 French chairmanship's priorities on Thursday.
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