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01/12/2008

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Montefiori, Stefano

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Corriere della Sera - Italy | 12/08/2008

Rehabilitation for Vichy

Corriere della Sera newspaper comments on the decision by the French EU Council presidency to hold a summit meeting on immigration at the beginning of November in Vichy. During World War II the city was the seat of the French regime under Philippe Pétain, which collaborated with the German National Socialists. The newspaper suspects "banal political motives" behind the decision. "It is no accident that since 1945 Vichy has not been host to a single international event, let alone on such explosive topics as intolerance and racism. Vichy is the touristic capital of Auvergne and the electoral constituency of immigration minister Brice Hortefeux. The minister wants to satisfy the region and fill the hotels ... with international guests. Once the stigma of collaboration has been relegated to the past, it will once more be able to sell its mineral water and beauty products internationally. But did the rehabilitation have to begin with a conference on the hunt for illegal immigrants?"

Corriere della Sera - Italy | 04/12/2007

Andre Glucksmann does not understand Sarkozy's support for Putin

In an interview conducted by Stefano Montefiori, the French philosopher André Glucksmann, who supported Nicolas Sarkozy in his presidential campaign, makes no secret of his disappointment now that Nicolas Sarkozy has congratulated Vladimir Putin for winning the legislative elections with his United Russia Party on December 2nd. "Putin stopped at nothing [during his campaign] not because he is omnipotent, but on the contrary because he is living in panic. Only the western heads of state have failed to see this, even Sarkozy. There are two reasons for this panic. Putin has yet to get over the trauma of the Orange revolution in Ukraine, which for him represents the heart of the country. ... He has not managed to stabilise Russia. ... Europe should form a common energy policy and present a united front to the Kremlin. But on the contrary, all the European leaders are racing to Moscow, trying to beat one another there.”

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