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Rizzo, Aldo
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Berlusconi maintains his difficult relationship with Europe
Franco Frattini will have to resign as European Justice Commissioner in order to join Silvio Berlusconi's government. He will be replaced by the Frenchman Jacques Barrot, current Transport Commissioner. "Antonio Tajani [a European member of parliament from Berlusconi's party] may get Transportation, a portfolio just as important, but less connected with human rights", writes Aldo Rizzo. "We can only hope that this is a lesson for Berlusconi, who never had a linear relation with the EU, especially due to his alliance with the Northern League. After his electoral victory, Berlusconi announced that he will make his first official trip to Israel. There is nothing to say about this visit that coincides with the 60th anniversary of the Jewish state. Nevertheless, it is surprising that Berlusconi would want to make his first official visit to a country outside the EU, rather than one of the big EU nations, or even better, the European Parliament."
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Italy should push the UN to intervene in Darfur
The editorialist Aldo Rizzo wants Italy to push the United Nations to concretely intervene in the Darfur region in southern Sudan, where the armed conflict between the Khartoum government and Arab militia has caused more than 200,000 deaths and 2 million displacements in four years. "The EU is discussing which horrible past events can be defined as 'genocide'. But it would be useful to actively deal with the present, not only to condemn devastating actions, but to stop them from becoming irreparable. Of course there is no lack of international attention given to the subject of Darfur, but it has become a game of realpolitik for the mighty powers ... . Italy is currently a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Highly praised for its campaign against the death penalty, it would gain even more applause for proposing a concrete initiative for places that host death on a massive scale".
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