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Italian politician (born 1949)

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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. D'Alema also served for a time as national secretary of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS). Earlier in his career, D'Alema was a member of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and was the first former Communist party member to become prime minister of a NATO country and the only former PCI prime minister of Italy. Due to his first name and for his dominant position in the left-wing coalitions during the Second Republic, he is referred to as Leader Maximo ("Maximum Leader"). D'Alema is also an adviser and mediator in the weapon economic sector.

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Berlusconi has an easy game, because we are coming out of a period of political vacuum.

È un disastro, mi perdo la Roma in Champion's League...

(Commenting on the crisis of the left-wing government in February 2007) It's a disaster, I'm missing Roma in the Champions League...

Io sono un uomo di sinistra ragionevole che cerca di impegnarsi per il bene del Paese.

I am a reasonable man of the left who seeks to work for the good of the country.

[...] io giro l'Italia e il tema drammatico che vedo emergere è la profonda sofferenza e la grande inquietudine della gente. Il Paese è pervaso da una passione triste. L'unico che si è dipinto un sorriso in faccia è il Cavaliere, ma lui com'è noto vive in un'altra dimensione che non ha niente a che vedere con la realtà.

[...] I travel around Italy and the dramatic theme that emerges is the profound suffering and great unease of the people. The country is pervaded by a sad passion. The only one who has painted a smile on his face is Il Cavaliere, but he, as we know, lives in another dimension that has nothing to do with reality.

Questo autolesionismo è la conferma di ciò che penso da anni. La sinistra di per sé è un male. Soltanto l'esistenza della destra rende questo male sopportabile.

This self-harm confirms what I have believed for years. The left is inherently evil. Only the existence of the right makes this evil bearable.

Alessandro Natta ha rappresentato per me tutta una parte della mia vita.

Alessandro Natta represented a whole part of my life.

Trovo sinceramente di pessimo gusto aver fatto quest'incontro a Teano. L'idea di trasformare una pagina di storia patria in una messa in scena con Maroni al posto di Garibaldi o di Vittorio Emanuele è un'offesa al nostro Paese.

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.

Essere stato piduista vuol dire aver partecipato a un'organizzazione, a una setta segreta, che tramava contro lo Stato, e questo è sancito dal Parlamento. E condivido quest'opinione che si è formata dopo l'inchiesta della Commissione Anselmi.

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.