"It seems to me that there were no conditions after the completely inappropriate statements, or worse, that he had made". So the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano wanted to explain the cancellation of the meeting, scheduled for tonight, with Peer Steinbrück.
Yesterday, in fact, the SPD candidate for the German chancellery, commenting on Italian relations during a meeting of his party, after expressing his legitimate concerns about the effects of electoral uncertainty on the Eurozone economy, let himself go , calling himself "horrified by the victory of two clowns".
The references to Beppe Grillo are clear (“a clown by profession and he is not offended if he is defined as such”) and to Silvio Berlusconi, “a clown with a high level of testosterone”.
Strong declarations, very far from those made by Schauble (who limited himself to a laconic "It's democracy" on the Italian vote) and from the style requested by Napolitano, but which instead form part of Steinbrück's repertoire, which has caught the eye several times of the cyclone for his gaffes.
The declarations also come from Germany, where Napolitano took part in a meeting with some German intellectuals in Munich by Steffen Seibert, spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel, who, after having glossed over Steinbruck's foolishness, underlined the central role of the President of the Republic in the formation of a government, then affirming that Berlin will work closely with any executive that emerges in Italy.
