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The Sick Man of Europe? = "Nope We're Playboy!"

category international | consumer issues | other press author Saturday May 28, 2005 12:25author by i Report this post to the editors

The British based news magazine "The economist" this week led with a cover "Italy the real sick man of Europe" which saw a little illustration of the peninsula on crutches hit news kiosks across the continent and a lot of content inside on the moribund, stagnant, depressed economy, and little digs at the lack of media freedom, disregard for civil and human rights and the "smellyiness" of it all.

Well Mr B. (B for berlusconi not beeton) has replied.
Retorted indeed-

"it is not true that Italy is the sick man of Europe"
"in Italy we have joys (delights and sweeties)"
"we are one of the richest nations on earth"
"our country is not beautiful for its good artists, but its culture and environment, but also one of the richest regions of Europe. Family wealth is increasing, we have a very high percentage of mobiles, cars and owner houses".

(and this is the line which is so, _so_ precious, which was indeed the touchstone of Mr B's spin)

"We have so many mobiles, we're playboy".

You might wonder how one of the most unpopular politicians in Europe, the only elected leader of a European state to have plastic surgery on his wrinkles, the man who built a vertible james bondesque fortress complete with tunnels and lair in Sardinia, got round to saying -

"we have so many mobiles, we're playboy".

So I'll tell you, he was listing all of things an italian ought be proud of (very few of which he could actually take credit for)-

"...we have 100,000 churches and monuments, 40,000 historic palaces, with the treasure they contain, 3500 museums, 2500 archeological sites, 1000 theatres"

and then-
"... we have the highest number of mobiles, we are playboy, and our youngsters send at least 10 messages a day to their girlfriends".

http://www.unita.it/index.asp?SEZIONE_COD=HP&TOPIC_TIPO=&TOPIC_ID=42839
http://www.unita.it/index.asp?topic_tipo=&topic_id=42706

So it's a bit weird, that today's Unita, (left wing daily) has brought the attention of their reader, distracting them from the musuems, churches, playboy lifestyle, to the startling fact that Italy leads the European Union in child exploitation and labour.
A startling 16.6% of Italian children it appears work for thier mobiles.

http://www.unita.it/index.asp?topic_tipo=&topic_id=42848

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Follow up-     -    Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:08 
   Minister Maroni of the Italian government     flying kites.    Sat Jun 04, 2005 13:12 
   Berlusconi     i    Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:40 
   italian news     i    Tue Jun 07, 2005 13:10 
   2nd day of Italian referendum.     io    Mon Jun 13, 2005 13:48 
   results of the "did your granny use a chicken baster vote?"     :-)    Tue Jun 14, 2005 13:51 
   it has been some time since my last confession.     :-)    Tue Jun 14, 2005 13:57 
   Berlusconi (liking his playboy tag) has joined forces with Finland to protest against €U Food Laws.     iosaf    Thu Jun 23, 2005 15:56 


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