Il Fatto Quotidiano: D’Alema svela il retroscena inedito sul governo Berlusconi (e le manovre Usa): “Quando vinse nel 2001 mi chiamò Gianni Agnelli. E in salotto c’era Kissinger. Volevano che convincessi Ruggiero”

“Vorrei iniziare con un racconto personale e credo sia inizialmente inedito”. Inizia così il suo intervento l’ex presidente del Consiglio e ministro degli Esteri, Massimo D’Alema alla presentazione nella sede della Stampa Estera a Roma, del libro Berlusconi, il mondo secondo lui. Una lezione di politica estera nell’attuale disordine mondiale scritto dagli ambasciatori Giovanni Castellaneta e Marco Carnelos.
D’Alema racconta che, nel 2001, “quando Berlusconi vinse le elezioni, pochi giorni dopo le elezioni, mi cercò al telefono Gianni Agnelli, con il quale io avevo una buona relazione personale, e mi chiese di andare urgentemente a casa sua”. D’Alema andò e l’Avvocato lo accolse. “Mi disse abbiamo una questione urgente da affrontare, abbiamo bisogno di lei, c’è un amico con me in salotto che le vuole parlare. E seduto in salotto c’era Henry Kissinger”. Di cosa volevano parlare Agnelli e Kissinger con un premier appena uscito da Palazzo Chigi e in quel momento all’opposizione? “Mi dissero che erano preoccupati per il fatto che stava nascendo il governo Berlusconi – racconta – e che volevano assicurarsi che il governo Berlusconi avesse una guida di politica estera tale da garantire la serietà e la continuità della politica estera italiana. Io dissi che mi sembrava una buona idea ma non capivo bene cosa potessi entraeci io in quanto esponente della parte sconfitta. ‘Noi vogliamo che il ministro degli Esteri sia l’ambasciatore Ruggiero, soltanto che lui non lo fa se lei non lo incoraggia a farlo’. Io dissi: ‘Ma bisognerà informare Berlusconi di questo fatto. L’Avvocato Agnelli mi disse non si preoccupi a questo provvedo io’”. Poi “fu convocato Ruggiero che poi divento ministro del governo Berlusconi. Io dissi che avevo dei dubbi sulla tenuta di questa soluzione e Ruggiero era molto riluttante. Durò pochi mesi perché dopo uno scontro Ruggiero se ne andò”.
L'articolo D’Alema svela il retroscena inedito sul governo Berlusconi (e le manovre Usa): “Quando vinse nel 2001 mi chiamò Gianni Agnelli. E in salotto c’era Kissinger. Volevano che convincessi Ruggiero” proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

D’Alema reveals the unpublished background on the Berlusconi government (and the US maneuvers): “When he won in 2001 he called me Gianni Agnelli. And in the living room there was Kissinger. They wanted me to convince Ruggiero.”

“I would like to begin with a personal story and I believe it’s initially unpublished.” This is how the former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Massimo D’Alema, began his presentation at the Stampa Estera headquarters in Rome, of the book *Berlusconi, the world according to him*, a lesson in foreign policy written by ambassadors Giovanni Castellaneta and Marco Carnelos.

D’Alema recounts that in 2001, “when Berlusconi won the elections, just a few days after, Gianni Agnelli, with whom I had a good personal relationship, called me and asked me to go urgently to his house.” D’Alema went and the “Avvocato” (Lawyer) greeted him. “He said we have an urgent matter to address, we need you, there’s a friend with me in the living room who wants to speak to you. And sitting in the living room was Henry Kissinger.” What did Agnelli and Kissinger want to talk about with a Prime Minister just exiting Palazzo Chigi and at that time in opposition? “They told me they were concerned that the Berlusconi government was being born – he recounts – and that they wanted to ensure that the Berlusconi government had a foreign policy guide to guarantee the seriousness and continuity of Italian foreign policy. I said it seemed like a good idea, but I didn’t really understand what I could contribute as a figure from the defeated party. ‘We want the Foreign Minister to be Ambassador Ruggiero, only that he doesn’t do it if you don’t encourage him to do it.’ I said: ‘But you’ll need to inform Berlusconi of this. Lawyer Agnelli told me don’t worry about this, I’ll take care of it.’” Then “Ruggiero was summoned, who later became a minister in the Berlusconi government. I said I had doubts about the stability of this solution and Ruggiero was very reluctant. It lasted only a few months because after a confrontation, Ruggiero left.”

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