The new head of the Italian government paid tribute to Angela Merkel giving her Mario Gomez Fiorentina jersey, marking a cultural non-change
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In Italy turning page appears impossible. The country passed from Silvio Berlusconi receiving Brazilian president Lula with Brazilian AC Milan football player to Matteo Renzi donating Fiorentina t-shirt to German chancellor, Angela Merkel. Once again Italy missed the opportunity to show that the situation changed. On the contrary, Renzi's action confirmed the Italian attitude to be superficial and inadequate. Inadequate is perhaps the right term to describe and to summarize the Italian problem, because it's not questionable Italy has problem and, for that, is a problem. First impression counts, there's no doubt on that. Renzi first impression was not a good one. It's possible (and desirable) at last in Italy he will be able to make all the reforms he promised, but at international level Renzi is sending the wrong message. First he kissed the French president instead of shaking him the hand, and then he gave the football team shirt to Angela Merkel. Somebody should remind Renzi that neither Hollande nor Merkel are his friends, so it would be the case Renzi deal with them consider them for what they are: head of government and head of State.
Renzi promised to "scrap" the old and traditional ruling class, but for what is possible to see until now he acted as one of them. Starting from the latest developments, Renzi gave proof of the Italian innate provincialism. Politically speaking, he threw Enrico Letta away, giving the impression to desire the office rather than working for the country, and his similarities with Silvio Berlusconi are evident. We are not referring only to the image he offered in Berlin with Angela Merkel - the typical image of a country not well educated at all and caring about soccer - but also to that arrogance - called "leadership" by several people - who brought Renzi to say it doesn't matter if trade unions are against his government policies. In saying that Renzi recalled what a consideration for public consultation had all Berlusconi's governments, offering nothing new respect to what seen in the past. That's why it appears difficult to get good impressions from Renzi's first appearances. The general idea is he reflect the new generation of Italian political leader, completely unaware of their responsibilities and unable to understand how to act. In other words, inadequate people. Maybe we are going to be proven wrong, and in that case we will apology. But now let us express our deep concern for a person welcomed by Italians as a good new but showing how difficult can be in Italy mark a real change.
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In Italy turning page appears impossible. The country passed from Silvio Berlusconi receiving Brazilian president Lula with Brazilian AC Milan football player to Matteo Renzi donating Fiorentina t-shirt to German chancellor, Angela Merkel. Once again Italy missed the opportunity to show that the situation changed. On the contrary, Renzi's action confirmed the Italian attitude to be superficial and inadequate. Inadequate is perhaps the right term to describe and to summarize the Italian problem, because it's not questionable Italy has problem and, for that, is a problem. First impression counts, there's no doubt on that. Renzi first impression was not a good one. It's possible (and desirable) at last in Italy he will be able to make all the reforms he promised, but at international level Renzi is sending the wrong message. First he kissed the French president instead of shaking him the hand, and then he gave the football team shirt to Angela Merkel. Somebody should remind Renzi that neither Hollande nor Merkel are his friends, so it would be the case Renzi deal with them consider them for what they are: head of government and head of State.
Renzi promised to "scrap" the old and traditional ruling class, but for what is possible to see until now he acted as one of them. Starting from the latest developments, Renzi gave proof of the Italian innate provincialism. Politically speaking, he threw Enrico Letta away, giving the impression to desire the office rather than working for the country, and his similarities with Silvio Berlusconi are evident. We are not referring only to the image he offered in Berlin with Angela Merkel - the typical image of a country not well educated at all and caring about soccer - but also to that arrogance - called "leadership" by several people - who brought Renzi to say it doesn't matter if trade unions are against his government policies. In saying that Renzi recalled what a consideration for public consultation had all Berlusconi's governments, offering nothing new respect to what seen in the past. That's why it appears difficult to get good impressions from Renzi's first appearances. The general idea is he reflect the new generation of Italian political leader, completely unaware of their responsibilities and unable to understand how to act. In other words, inadequate people. Maybe we are going to be proven wrong, and in that case we will apology. But now let us express our deep concern for a person welcomed by Italians as a good new but showing how difficult can be in Italy mark a real change.
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