The reason for the harsh statement of Geldof, who isn't a communist but a supporter of the British Conservative Party, is the cutting of 411 million euros to aid in the last italian financial law, despite the commitment that Berlusconi himself had taken in 2005 at the Gleneagles G8. Besides Italy even the France of Sarkozy has helped to eliminate the aid: the 21.5 billion dollars pledged over five years for now are just 7.
"A promise to the poor is sacred - said the South African archbishop Desmond Tutu, - I am sad and I am angry that big nations like Italy and France are moving in the opposite direction." Fault of the crisis, one might say, but other countries such as USA, Great Britain, Germany, Canada and Japan have kept their promises.
Already we knew that the financial law of italian economy minister Tremonti had savagely cut in social security, namely in the area where we should not cut. He cut so much and in so many fields that we don't understand where all the money saved went. Not to help the Italians, it seems clear, not for work, not for the police, not the prisons, not for the earthquake victims, not for schools. So where? to cover the debts of Alitalia, to cut the House tax, for large banks and finance companies in crisis, for nuclear, to not merge the referendum, to Gheddafi so he take charge of the migrants, to buy useless aircrafts.
And if there are no money for the poor Italians, let alone those abroad.
But if the government thinks that immigrants should stay at home, how they think that this could happen if they don't help Africa's development? Nothing new in the end, for Berlusconi not keeping promises is normal. He doesn't even do that on purpose, he promises anything because he wants everyone to be happy, then forget about it.
In Italy anyway information is his so no one ever ask him about broken promises. And abroad he is now quite used to make a bad impression.
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