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Heuze, Richard
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
The Alleanza Nationale has established itself as a democratic force
Commenting on the merger of the post-fascist party Alleanza Nazionale (AN) with Forza Italia, the French daily Le Figaro writes that the AN has succeeded in establishing itself as a democratic force: "This is both a realistic and a courageous move by this party, which asserts its nationalist identity. ... Will the Alleanza Nationale survive this change without losing its soul? Its boss Gianfranco Fini is convinced that it will. ... It seems a long time ago that Silvio Berlusconi declared in November 1993 that if he lived in Rome he would vote for a neo-fascist candidate - the then almost unknown local politician Gianfranco Fini - in the city elections. Over the years the AN has established itself as a democratic and responsible mainstream force, which is fully integrated in the institutions."
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The Left is still weak
The daily Le Figaro thinks the political Left in Italy and its leader Walter Veltroni are still of only marginal significance: "The Democratic Party (PD) is just a year old. With its 33 percent it is the country's second strongest political formation after [Berlusconi's] Forza Italia. But its voice can scarcely be heard ... against Berlusconi who dominates the entire political scene ... In his grey suit and open-necked blue shirt Veltroni conducts his meeting as a speaker who copies the methods of [US Democratic presidential candidate] Barack Obama. He speaks quickly and without notes; in a loud voice he is alternately outraged, scornful, contemptuous ... That will not be enough to reassure those who criticise his political line from the left. ... Berlusconi, by contrast, sees this demonstration simply as a means 'to conceal the disintegration of the Left.'"
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