Scrivono in Libano

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"A differenza dI Francia e Gran Bretagna, l'Italia è stata spesso riluttante ad assumere la guida di operazioni militari
internazionali. L'offerta del premier Romano Prodi, che dopo aver deciso il ritiro di tremila soldati italiani dall'Iraq ha proposto che sia l'Italia a guidare la forza
multinazionale in Libano, è stata una mossa coraggiosa che innalza il prestigio del paese e del governo".
The Daily Star

[bianconero (POL)]

Che bello, il nostro prestigio di fronte al popolo libanese è aumentato! Grazie presidente Prodi.

[Ortega (POL)]

Vive l'Italie, Monsieur !
par Alain Minc
On a oublié le temps où dans une France altruiste, un journaliste, Charles Floquet, apostrophait le tsar Nicolas II en visite à Paris (1896) par un "Vive la Pologne, Monsieur !" provocateur. Aujourd'hui c'est un "Vive l'Italie" qui brûle les lèvres.Habitués à regarder au-delà des Alpes avec condescendance et mépris, comment admirerions-nous un ...
Friday 2006-08-25, Le Monde

Where Rome leads
Italy’s offer of 3,000 troops and its suggestion that it should lead the peacekeeping force embarrassed France and underlined the American accusation that the Europeans have neither the stomach nor the means to back their lofty moral positions with anything that demands commitment and cost. Indeed, Romano Prodi, the Italian Prime Minister, was quick to understand that the longer the bickering continued, the more desperate the situation in Lebanon became and precarious the ceasefire. At least, however, the basis of a force is now assured and an initial fiasco avoided. Italy has made this possible... The Times, London, 2006-08-26

Italien tager teten i Mellemøst-diplomatiet
25. aug. 2006 11.14 Udland Opdat.: 25. aug. 2006 11.29Går tingene den rigtige vej i Libanon, er det nærliggende også at stationere en FN-styrke i Gaza-striben, siger den italienske udenrigsminister Massimo D'Alema. Italien har meddelt at man vil stille hele 3.000 mand til udvidelsen af FN-styrken UNIFIL i Libanon. Om nødvendigt er Italien også ...
Friday 2006-08-25, DR Nyheder

Rome de retour dans le concert des nations
«L 'Italie est déterminée.» Après avoir organisé fin juillet, à Rome, une conférence internationale sur le Liban, Romano Prodi ne cesse, depuis plusieurs jours, de réaffirmer la disponibilité de Rome pour envoyer un important contingent dans le cadre de la Finul. Lundi, au cours d'un entretien téléphonique avec le secrétaire général des Nations ...
Friday 2006-08-25, Liberation -
France
Washington favorable à l'idée du commandement italien de la force internationale au Liban
ROME, 24 août - RIA Novosti. Washington est favorable à l'idée du commandement par l'Italie de la force internationale dans le sud du Liban, a déclaré jeudi le président des Etats-Unis, George W. Bush, par téléphone au premier ministre italien, Romano Prodi. "Le chef du gouvernement italien a réaffirmé que l'Italie était prête à assumer le ...
Thursday 2006-08-24, Novosti

Bravissimo, Romano
As France hesitated in recent days, Italy has stepped forward to offer to command and put 3,000 troops into the new 15,000-strong force. Prime Minister Romano Prodi has turned out, to President Bush's delighted surprise, to show strong and consistent leadership in foreign affairs. Bravissimo, Romano.The Washington Post, August 24, 2006


Italy's Prodi restores diplomatic credentials with Lebanon tour de force -
ROME (AFP) - In assuming a driving role in peacekeeping plans in Lebanon, Romano Prodi's government has restored Italy's European credentials and marked out a clear international role for itself in the wake of predecessor Silvio Berlusconi's unpopular kowtowing to Washington. In the face of misgivings in ...
Sunday 2006-08-27, Yahoo Daily News

Assertive role on Lebanon brings pride and worry to Italy
By Ian Fisher
ROME Massimo D'Alema, the Italian foreign minister, seemed equal parts pleased and worried on Saturday morning - and there was good reason for both.
He was just back from Brussels, where European nations had finally agreed on a substantial peacekeeping force for Lebanon, and Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general, had singled out Italy for praise in making the force a reality.
The New York Times, August 27, 2006


QUESTA è serietà e prestigio internazionale ...altro che Berlusca che canta col colbacco in testa nell'isba di Putin

[Malik]

Sono orgoglioso.