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Gaggi, Massimo
5 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Anti-Tea Party plays into Democrats' hands
The protests against the might of the financial markets are the counter-movement to the right-wing conservative Tea Party and play suspiciously well into the hands of President Barack Obama, writes the liberal-conservative daily Corriere della Sera: "Are we looking at a left-wing offensive aimed at putting Obama under pressure? Or a movement that is being encouraged by the White House? The first theory seems dubious because the president, who initially called on the radical Left to keep a low profile so as not to give the conservatives any extra ammunition, has had to realise that this strategy failed. ... The striking contrast between the radical Right and the radical Left could however prove extremely dangerous. It's not certain that Obama is behind all this but it's entirely possible. The mystery revolves around [Obama's erstwhile environmental adviser] Anthony Van Jones, the rebel from the White House who decided to set the American Autumn in motion. He stayed in contact with the Democrats after the rupture with Obama after all."
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More from the press review on the subject » Fiscal Policy, » Unrest / Riots, » U.S.
Papandreou wins Obama's respect
The Greek government expects the subject of measures against speculative deals to be dealt with at the next meeting of the G20 states, as Prime Minister George Papandreou explained on Tuesday in Washington following a meeting with US President Barack Obama. The liberal-conservative daily Corriere della Sera stresses that the prime minister did not cast himself in the role of petitioner when he explained his country's financial crisis: "The US thought it would be confronted with the desperate leader of a Balkan state. One who supplicatingly held out his hat, unable to restore order in his own country. Instead it faced a proud and sensible head of state who asked not for money but for political support in curbing Wall Street's speculative attacks against Greece. ... Whether the promises will be fulfilled remains to be seen. What is certain is that Prime Minister Papandreou returns to Europe having gained the respect of the Americans."
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Leaders' hands tied
The liberal conservative paper Corriere della Sera comments on the failure of the US to undertake to sink CO2 emissions at the UN meeting in New York, and voices concern over the upcoming climate conference in Copenhagen: "Today the US is the world's biggest CO2 producer. ... China and India, who will soon be rivalling the US for that title, still refuse strict and binding limits on emissions. Yesterday the leaders of the two Asian giants acknowledged that the time has come for them to shoulder responsibility for the climate, but stressed that they would not accept any quantitative requirements. ... The EU is unprepared for such difficulties, and at a loss for ideas. Only with difficulty were the EU's partners yesterday able to convince an irritated Danish Prime Minister [Lars Løkke] Rasmussen not to announce to the UN that all that will be up for discussion in Copenhagen in 75 days is a political declaration, and not a treaty. ... Many people are pinning their hopes on the personal commitment of the leaders. But their hands are also largely tied because their parliaments and public opinion are so often opposed to concessions regarding their own sovereignty on climate issues."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Environmental Policy, » Global
Bernanke stands for stability
US President Barack Obama's renomination of Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve is aimed above all at ensuring stability, writes the daily Corriere della Sera: "Anyone surprised by Obama's decision to nominate Republican Ben Bernanke, the bearded Princeton professor whom George Bush transformed into a banker, to a second term has failed to understand the need for stability of an America that is still in the midst of the economic crisis and also the fact that the US president's offer to the academic is not exactly a cushy proposal. Since the collapse of Lehman Brothers [bank] the chairman of the Federal Reserve has been sleeping not on a bed of roses but on a hard cot through half-sleepless nights in his office and the cross on which Congress and the senators … have nailed him. … The last thing Obama, exhausted by the conservatives' campaign against his healthcare reform, … needs is another confrontation with the opposition to replace a Republican Federal Reserve chairman with a [chairman] of the Democratic persuasion."
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America's changing agenda
Corriere della Sera newspaper describes the changes in American foreign policy in the wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center: "Ground Zero is and remains the wounded heart of America, but seven years after the terror attack the anniversary only finds a space in the media because it unites [presidential candidates] Obama and McCain. The gigantic hole is less and less a temple of remembrance, and increasingly a symbolic place in a country that can no longer find a solution to its problems. ... It is the sign of a changing tide in the American agenda. ... Foreign policy plays an important role in the camps of both Obama and McCain, but the war against stateless terror has been displaced. The nuclear threat no longer wears the blurred features of Bin Laden, but the distinctive profile of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The setting has changed. The world is no longer unipolar, one in which the American empire is menaced by groups hiding in the shadows. It has become multipolar, with many trouble spots."
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