Massimo D'Alema Quotes

Italian politician (born 1949)

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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Riferendosi a Gnutti, Colaninno e all'irresistibile ascesa dei "capitani coraggiosi"}} Si tratta di un gruppo di imprenditori e di manager ben noti, che hanno fatto Infostrada e Omnitel. Forse stanno facendo il passo più lungo della gamba, ma questo sarà oggetto di valutazioni. Allo stato delle cose, consentitemi di apprezzarne il coraggio.

(Referring to Gnutti, Colaninno, and the irresistible rise of the “capitani coraggiosi” (brave captains)) This is a group of well-known entrepreneurs and managers who built Infostrada and Omnitel. Perhaps they are biting off more than they can chew, but that remains to be seen. As things stand, allow me to applaud their courage. (February 19, 1999)

Quanto a Mani pulite, forse bisognerebbe un po' ridimensionare la portata di questo evento. Le inchieste di Milano hanno scoperto quello che era già noto a tutti.

As for Mani Pulite, perhaps we should scale back the significance of this event a little. The investigations in Milan uncovered what everyone already knew. (February 27, 1998)

Ormai è un vecchio signore che si diverte. (11 gennaio 1998)

(About Francesco Cossiga) He is now an old gentleman who enjoys himself. (January 11, 1998)

Penso che sia ingiusto attaccare Di Pietro e il Pool di Milano, perché questi magistrati hanno reso un grande servizio al Paese.

I think it is unfair to attack Di Pietro and the Milan Pool, because these magistrates have done a great service to the country. (July 20, 1997)

Umanamente, Berlusconi mi è proprio simpatico.

Personally, I really like Berlusconi.

Con Berlusconi dobbiamo riscrivere le regole dello Stato democratico.

With Berlusconi we must rewrite the rules of the democratic state. (June 3, 1996)

La caduta della sua leadership mi preoccupa, potrebbe bloccare il processo di costruzione di una democrazia dell'alternanza in Italia.

(About Berlusconi) The fall of his leadership worries me, it could block the process of building a democracy of alternation in Italy. (May 31, 1996)

La delegittimazione dei giudici scardina l'ordinamento democratico. (9 aprile 1996)