Berlusconi ousted from office by EU 'plot'

[webfact]

Berlusconi ousted from office by EU 'plot'

ROME - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi repeated accusations on Wednesday that he was forced out of office at the height of the euro zone crisis in 2011 as the result of a "plot" by European Union officials.

Berlusconi's comments followed the publication in Italy of extracts from a new book by former US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner which suggested that EU officials had approached the US government with a project to force Berlusconi to resign.

"They wanted us to refuse to back IMF loans to Italy as long as he refused to go," Geithner's book "Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises," was quoted as saying by daily La Stampa.

Geithner said the United States rejected the approach, saying "We can't have his blood on our hands".

Berlusconi, currently serving a community service order after being convicted of tax fraud last year, said the book showed there had been a "clear violation of democratic rules and an attack on the sovereignty of our country".

Full story: http://www.enca.com/africa/berlusconi-ousted-office-eu-plot

-- eNCA 2014-05-14

[puck2]

Berlusconi and the man in Dubai nearly are twins concerning their (pathological) self-assessment.

[stoffel45]

There is no doubt that the EU and its mafia like Commission decide who CAN be Prime Minister in any of its "national" Governments. Greece, Ireland and Italy are all instances of "EU appointed Governments."

The recent destabilisation of the Ukraine by the EU led to the EU appointment of a weak and vacillating government there and gave the Russians an excuse to 'annexe' the Crimea.

If the EU had not interfered in the sovereign affairs of the Ukraine would it still be intact - including the Crimea?

[DubaiIsCalling]

Berlusconi and the man in Dubai nearly are twins concerning their (pathological) self-assessment.

Both are great, strong personalities. And not rewarding themselves with fake military ranks.

[mrfill]

Berlusconi and the man in Dubai nearly are twins concerning their (pathological) self-assessment.

Both are great, strong personalities. And not rewarding themselves with fake military ranks.

Both are also convicted criminals