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Good reading. How sad ...
The wrath of the EU against the Foreign Ministry: "He can not defend a dictator"
Frattini in Brussels with a double line: "We must not give the wrong impression of wanting to interfere." Critics in London and Berlin. The New York Times: "Berlusconi aping the ways of Arab despots" of
Andrea Bonanni
BRUSSELS - In Europe they have renamed "schizophrenia Rue Froissart." It is the ultimate in Berlusconi's diplomacy: the entry into the community meetings (the auto delle delegazioni entrano appunto da Rue Froissart, sul lato del palazzo del Consiglio) il politico italiano di turno fa dichiarazioni benevolenti verso il dittatore sotto accusa.
Poi, in riunione, vota con gli altri un comunicato di condanna. È già successo all'ultimo vertice europeo, quando Berlusconi, arrivando alla riunione, ha cantato le lodi di Mubarak, per poi approvare una risoluzione di condanna delle repressioni ordite dal raìs egiziano. Era successo in precedenza, quando avevamo difeso il dittatore bielorusso Lukashenko, salvo poi appoggiare le sanzioni Ue alla Bielorussia.
È successo puntualmente anche ieri, con la Libia. Il ministro degli Esteri Frattini, subito dopo l'ingresso da Rue Froissart, defended the reasons for the "reconciliation" in a country torn by civil war. "I hope in Libya as launching a national reconciliation leading to a Libyan Constitution, as proposed by Seif al-Islam (the son of Gaddafi at the head of repression, ndr)". Also before entering the Council Chamber, the Italian foreign minister has warned Europe against any attempt to interfere in the affairs Libyans: "We must not give the wrong impression of wanting to interfere, they want to export our democracy. We must help, we support the peaceful reconciliation
: this is the way, "he told reporters while the air force bombed Colonel protesters. But then, out of the meeting, to share fully explained the final statement that "condemns the ongoing repression against the protesters," calls for "an immediate end to the use of force" and defend "the legitimate aspirations and demands for reform of the Libyan people," that must be met "through an open and inclusive dialogue leading to a constructive future for the country and the people." In short, if you do not explicitly calls for expulsion of Gaddafi, close enough.
What are the reasons why the Berlusconi government in this kind of splitting, which is in Brussels are struggling to understand. Perhaps because they could not fully appreciate what is being with the Berlusconi "political ad" that consecrates the dichotomy between facts and words.
Perhaps because they have not (yet) read the editorial by Roger Cohen in The New York Times, who says that "Berlusconi aping the ways of Arab despots by confusing himself with the Nation." But now the "schizophrenia of Rue Froissart" has become one of the sketches of European diplomats, always ready to smile, Italy.
To be honest, this time Frattini some feeble attempt to defend "the friend Gaddafi" did so again during the meeting, backed only by fellow Maltese. Moreover, even Berlusconi's last meeting, during lunch, was spent in a embarrassing and unnecessary Mubarak's eulogy.
This time, our foreign minister has had to fight against the British and Germans, who wanted to make it even harder and more explicit the final communiqué. The Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, went up to ask for the launch of immediate sanctions against the Libyan government. But in the end the hawks have not checked. "Today we speak of national dialogue of reconciliation - said the Italian minister met - not to create the conditions for a new confrontation with tens of thousands of European citizens living in Libya."
But the Italian delegation had to swallow some toad. A proposal by the Minister of Malta and supported by Italy, would be included in the final communiqué a sentence in which the European Union "fully recognizes the sovereign rights of Libya and its territorial integrity." The idea, despite the premise of Frattini on non-interference, it was perhaps to underline the danger of splitting the country between the eastern and western Europe. But many ministers pointed out that, as explained by the Belgian Steven Vanackere, "recognize the full sovereignty of the Libyans at this time is tantamount to legitimizing the slaughter of the demonstrators as a matter of domestic policy on which we can not interfere."
Faced with this objection, Italy and Malta had to give up their request. But no matter. "I am a European Minister and I fully acknowledge in the declaration we have signed. The final communiqué speaks of the need for national reconciliation. "In the final communiqué, however, the word" reconciliation ", so dear to Italy, just does not appear. It must be lost in Rue Froissart.
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