Saturday, February 26, 2011

Berlusconi believes that Moammar Gadhafi no longer controls the situation in Libya

.- The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi expressed his impression that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi no longer controls the situation in his country and expressed concern about a future full of unknowns serious "potential Islamic fundamentalist regimes near Italy. During a conference in Rome Italian Republican Party (PRI), the Italian chief executive on Saturday appealed to both Europe and the West will not remain as mere spectators "of what happens in North Africa.

"It seems that Gadhafi indeed no longer controls the situation: many great men have left his government team," said Berlusconi, in a speech broadcast live on television. "For us the future is full of unknowns serious. Those people could get closer to democracy, but also could meet with Islamic fundamentalist states not far from the Italian coast," he added.

The Prime Minister also said that "Europe and the West can not remain as mere spectators" to what is happening in North Africa and, above all, you can not Italy, whether for reasons of security or economic interests of the Italian companies in countries like Libya. "There is a risk of a human emergency, with tens of thousands of people needing help," the president said.

Berlusconi also requested the Italian political class unity and to move beyond "controversial mediocre" to the "tragedies of history" such as Libya, after yesterday the leader of the opposition party, Italy of Values (IDV), Antonio di Pietro, comparing his government with that of Gadhafi.

"It is changing the geopolitical scene and Italy participates in it. No one could foresee what happened in Libya and what happened a few weeks earlier in Tunisia and Egypt. And no one can predict what will happen," influenced. "If we all agree we can end the bloodshed and support the Libyan people," he added.

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