Berlusconi was spied by the US, Renzi: ‘We will ask questions’ – Blasting News

Silvio Berlusconi it was spied by US secret services in 2011, ie the period that led to his resignation as prime minister. This triggered a big fuss, so much so that the US ambassador to Italy was summoned to the Foreign Ministry. Hard even the Premier Matteo Renzi, who wants clarification from the United States. Many reactions in the political world: by Brunetta to Romans, but also Calderoli, wanted to comment on the story that is doing much to discuss, and that will certainly be at the center of political debate in the coming weeks.

The facts

a spy on phone calls between Silvio Berlusconi and his collaborators was the Scs, special unit of the National Security Agency (NSA). The US intelligence services were monitoring, in particular, throughout the last term of Berlusconi as prime minister: the period of wiretapping goes from the settlement of Berlusconi at Palazzo Chigi, in 2008, until his resignation in the fall of 2011. Under the magnifying glass They ended the phone calls between Berlusconi, the then French President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel , in October of 2011.

as revealed WikiLeaks and reported by the newspaper “La Repubblica” and “L’Espresso” Sarkozy, October 22, 2011, he asked Berlusconi to speed up the process of reforms , otherwise the institutions Italian threatened to blow up, like a “cork of a bottle of champagne.” The date, in one sense, is symbolic: in fact, 23 October 2011 was held the famous press conference, during which Merkel and Sarkozy did that smile that has been around the world. In addition to this phone call, there is another interception dating back to 2010, when Berlusconi reassured Israeli premier Netanyahu that Italy would act as a mediator to ensure that Israel should recover a certain agreement with the United States.

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The news has sent the Italian political turmoil. The first to speak was the President of the Council, Matteo Renzi , which said: “We will ask information to the US, in all locations, on the story of Berlusconi, even with formal steps.” And there was a first step: the US ambassador to Italy was summoned to the Foreign Ministry. The date is top secret. even tough the note Forza Italy that through the group leaders of the House and Senate, Brunetta and Romans , tells: “Now more than ever need a parliamentary commission of inquiry in. we asked for the events of 2011 and then we asked for the story of banks in 2015. the two could merge, as they are two sides of the same coin, with the hands of international finance on Italy and the dark powers who intend to get their hands on our country. the first point was that Berlusconi had to fall, then you clearly supports the conspiracy theory. But the plot continues: because if the first object was Berlusconi and his government, now Renzi’s and its executive. “

So, as written above, we are only at the beginning of a story that will have many developments and will leave several trains.