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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02ROME2216 |
MILITARY BASES IN ITALY: CGIL AND UGL [...] (C) IN MEETINGS WITH THE AMBASSADOR APRIL 22 AND 26 (REFTEL), CGIL AND UGL LEADERS BOTH REFERRED TO U.S. FORCE POLICY THAT EXCLUDES THESE TRADE UNION CONFEDERATIONS FROM REPRESENTING DIRECT-HIRE WORKERS AT BASES IN ITALY. WHILE CHARACTERIZING THE UNION'S RELATIONS WITH THE EMBASSY AS "EXCELL [...] |
2002-05-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL MARR IT FORCES IN ITALY |
| 02ROME4122 |
ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE ITALY STATIONING AND SOVEREIGNTY WORKING GROUP (ISSWOG) WAS HELD IN ROME ON MAY 7. SENIOR US MILITARY OFFICIALS MET WITH EMBASSY ROME REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS ISSUES EFFECTING US PERSONNEL STATIONED AT MILITARY FACILITIES IN ITALY. PARTICIPANTS AND AGENDA ITE [...] |
2002-08-22 17:11:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR FORCES IN ITALY |
| 03ROME1887 |
ITALY WILL APPROVE CONSENSUAL SRO FOR ALGERIA AND [...] (S) ON APRIL 29, REF A POINTS WERE CONVEYED BY ROME ODC CHIEF TO VCHOD GENERAL CAMPORINI AND, SEPARATELY, BY POLOFF TO MFA ACTING NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR CARLO LO CASCIO. CAMPORINI SAID THAT ITALY WOULD SUPPORT THE FLIGHTS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER U.S. NON-CLANDESTINE USE OF SIGONELLA, AS LONG AS T [...] |
2003-05-02 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR PBTS IT AG ML TS FORCES IN ITALY NATO |
| 03ROME292 |
KEEPING ITALIAN SUPPORT STRONG [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. WHILE PM BERLUSCONI'S SUPPORT FOR THE US APPROACH TO IRAQ REMAINS RELIABLE, THE GOI - WITH EXTREME CAUTION - IS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR AN EVENTUAL PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE AND VOTE ON THE EXTENT OF ITALY'S SUPPORT. (REF A). THE GOI CONTINUES TO WORK WITH US TO FIND WA [...] |
2003-01-24 17:27:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR EAIR IT IRAQI FREEDOM FORCES IN ITALY |
| 03ROME4736 |
ITALY: FACTORS AFFECTING BASING OF U.S. MILITARY [...] (S/NF) US military forces in Italy, which are present under NATO auspices and operate on Italian (not US) bases, are generally welcome, and we expect that situation to continue. In return for basing access, Italy expects a spirit of partnership, timely consultation, and full respect for Itali [...] |
2003-10-16 13:12:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS IT FORCES IN ITALY |
| 03ROME810 |
GOVERNMENT OF ITALY HAS HANDLE ON TRAINSTOPPING [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI, WORKING WITH THE U.S. MILITARY AND THE EMBASSY, HAS PREVENTED ANTI-WAR PROTESTERS FROM STOPPING TRAINS MOVING U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT FROM THE SOUTHERN EUROPEAN TASK FORCE (SETAF) TO CAMP DARBY. PROTEST ACTIVITY IS SPREADING, BUT THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) HAS IMPL [...] |
2003-02-26 17:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR IT FORCES IN ITALY IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03ROME9 |
ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR DEPLOYMENT ORDER [...] (S) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. REFTEL A CONVEYS ORDERS FOR DEPLOYMENT OF FORCES TO SIGONELLA, SICILY IN SUPPORT OF OEF O/A JANUARY 9-14, AND REQUESTS ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT, IN OBTAINING APPROVALS FROM HOST NATIONS. THE DEPLOYMENT IS CLASSIFIED "SECRET/ORCON, RELEASA [...] |
2003-01-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL IT FORCES IN ITALY |
| 03ROME928 |
ITALIAN UNIONS BARK, BUT SHOULDN'T BITE, ON [...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00928 01 OF 02 061453Z SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) ITALY'S LABOR UNIONS ARE GETTING A LOT OF PRESS FOR THEIR ROLE IN DISRUPTING TRANSHIPMENT OF U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND CARGO, BUT THE REAL HEADL [...] |
2003-03-06 13:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR ELAB PREL IT FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME2123 |
WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT MEANS FOR BERLUSCONI [...] (S) The President's visit to Rome takes place one week before Italians vote for their 78 representatives to the European parliament and some local officials on June 12-13. The results of the vote will be interpreted as an early test of how Berlusconi is likely to fare in national elections t [...] |
2004-06-01 17:28:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | IT IZ PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 04ROME22 |
PRODI LAUNCHES UNOFFICIAL CANDIDACY FOR ITALIAN PM [...] (U) ROMANO PRODI IN A JANUARY 2 INTERVIEW WITH THE CENTER-LEFT DAILY LA REPUBBLICA LAMBASTED THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT FOR ITS HANDLING OF ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY SEMESTER. TAKING OFF THE KID GLOVES HE HAD KEPT LOOSELY TIED SINCE LAST JULY, PRODI BLAMED THE CENTER-RIGHT COALITION FOR CONTRIBU [...] |
2004-01-07 09:04:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 04ROME2245 |
ITALIAN ELECTIONS: PRODI AND BERLUSCONI IN THE [...] (U) Italy's June 12-13 European Parliament and local elections are the latest contest, albeit indirect, between Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his once and likely future challenger, European Commission President Romano Prodi. Italy's next national elections will almost certainly not o [...] |
2004-06-10 17:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 04ROME2248 |
STATUS OF US MILITARY PROJECTS UNDERWAY AT ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary. Whatever final decisions are made with regard to the US military's Global Posture Review (GPR), changes emanating from the GPR will build upon numerous milcon and other projects already underway within Italy. Careful coordination will be required to ensure that these current proj [...] |
2004-06-14 05:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IT GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME2280 |
ITALIAN ELECTIONS: A SETBACK FOR BOTH BERLUSCONI [...] (SBU) Based on close-to-final results from the European Parliament and local elections, center-right and center-left ran almost a dead heat in Italy, with vote shifts occurring within coalitions. Voters rebuked Prime Minister Berlusconi; his Forza Italia party dropped fairly significantly. [...] |
2004-06-14 16:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 04ROME2631 |
ITALIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. A DELEGATION LED BY LINCOLN BLOOMFIELD JR., A/S FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS, DISCUSSED ITALY-SPECIFIC GLOBAL POSTURE REVIEW (GPR) PROPOSALS WITH ITALIAN OFFICIALS FROM THE DEFENSE GENERAL STAFF AND THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON JUNE 16. CHIEF OF DEFENSE (CHOD) ADMIRAL GI [...] |
2004-07-07 05:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IT GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME2692 |
ITALY SPEEDS PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL GENDARME [...] The Italian government is moving quickly with plans for an international gendarme/constabulary training center and is looking for immediate US input on details such as project objectives, standards, and the numerical scope of the future training program. MFA and Carabinieri officials have conf [...] |
2004-07-12 07:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME3166 |
ITALIAN REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON GLOBAL [...] (U) Summary. President Bush's speech on military transformation received limited initial government reaction and media coverage in Italy. Most headlines focused on US troop reductions in Europe, with several articles commenting that the planned changes signify NATO's decreased importance in [...] |
2004-08-17 13:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME3401 |
ITALIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS GENERALLY ON BOARD WITH [...] (S) Summary. In recent meetings with senior Italian military officials, Charge discussed upcoming changes in the US military footprint in Italy. Overall, the reaction was positive -- the officials agreed that the proposed changes make sense from an operational point of view. However, they [...] |
2004-09-07 08:59:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME3792 |
GDPR/ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLOOMFIELD AND [...] (C) Summary. Embassy welcomes the visit of A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn for consultations with Italy on the Global Defense Posture Review. While the Italians have no major concerns regarding the changes underway at Naples/Gaeta and Vicenza, they will be eager to hear the latest U.S. thinking [...] |
2004-09-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 04ROME3985 |
GDPR/ITALY: ITALIANS PROPOSE WORKING GROUP TO [...] (S) Summary. In October 6 discussions with Defense Minister Martino, D/CHOD LTG Castagnetti and MFA Director General Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn explained where the Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) process stood in the U.S. and heard from the Italians broad agreement with the U. [...] |
2004-10-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 05ROME1125 |
ITALY: CENTER-LEFT'S PRODI NOT PREDICTING 2006 [...] (C) At a farewell dinner hosted by the Ambassador, center-left leader Romano Prodi predicted his coalition would take at least three additional regions in April 3-4 regional voting. He surprised the Ambassador by not predicting his own victory in next year's national balloting. Despite eff [...] |
2005-04-01 17:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IT EUN MEPP ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME1127 |
EU COMMISSIONER FRATTINI PREDICTS BIG CABINET [...] (C/NOFORN) During Ambassador Sembler's April 1 farewell courtesy call, EU Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs (and former Italian FM) Franco Frattini (strictly protect) predicted that PM Berlusconi's program of tax cuts and infrastructure improvements would win his center-right coalition [...] |
2005-04-04 07:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME1263 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON MAYOR OF ROME [...] (SBU) Summary. In his farewell call on Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome, the Ambassador lauded the city's handling of the Pope's funeral and its support for the Embassy over the years. On the political front, Veltroni, a member of the Democrats of the Left (DS) and potential center-left candida [...] |
2005-04-14 11:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IT MGMT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME1291 |
ITALY: UDC WITHDRAWS ITS MINISTERS FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The centrist Union of Christian Democrats of the Center (UDC) announced on April 15 that it would withdraw its ministers from the Berlusconi Government. UDC leader Marco Follini assured the Government that his party would continue to support the majority from outside the coal [...] |
2005-04-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME1442 |
ITALY: BERLUSCONI ANNOUNCES MAY 2006 ELECTIONS, [...] PM Berlusconi told journalists April 26 that Italy's next national elections would be held in May 2006. Berlusconi said he had already discussed the date with President Ciampi. In fact, if the current Parliament completes its full term, Italy in 2006 will face an unprecedented situation, wit [...] |
2005-04-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME1785 |
ITALY: CENTER RIGHT NEEDS DRASTIC CHANGES TO WIN, [...] (C) Vice Minister of Productive Activities Adolfo Urso told the Ambassador May 16 that the center-right coalition seems destined for defeat in the next national elections unless it takes drastic measures soon. Urso believes a larger, more unified center-right party needs to be created, with [...] |
2005-05-25 12:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME2178 |
ITALY-EU: BERLUSCONI STANDS FIRM, BUT PRODI [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; not for Internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Italian reactions to the French/Dutch rejection of the EU Constitution are playing out in the context of national election politics, Italy's own battle with Brussels over Stability Pact bu [...] |
2005-06-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON IT TU EUN ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME2179 |
ITALY: SIGONELLA TA APPROVAL CRITICAL TO MIL-MIL [...] (C) Post wishes to highlight the importance to US-Italy relations of rapid approval in Washington of the just-concluded negotiations on the Sigonella Technical Arrangement. The 1995 "Shell Agreement" stipulates that the US and Italy will negotiate technical arrangements (TA) for each Italian [...] |
2005-06-27 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 05ROME3081 |
THE AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON SENATE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call with Ambassador Spogli, Senate President Marcello Pera (Forza Italia) said the center-left would win elections if held today. He cited intra-coalition squabbling (especially over the leadership of the coalition), poor economic performance, fall-out from the [...] |
2005-09-15 10:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME3179 |
ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRODI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted lunch on September 20 for Center-Left political leaders Romano Prodi, Piero Fassino, Francesco Rutelli, and Massimo D'Alema. The four politicians were mostly in sync, willing to contradict each other politely, and were only moderately deferential to their p [...] |
2005-09-23 11:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME3276 |
ITALY: SENATE PRESIDENT PERA WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 28 with Senate President Marcello Pera at Pera's request. Pera was pessimistic about PM Silvio Berlusconi's ability to win next year's general elections, but believes there "is still time" to pull off a victory. He criticized Berlusconi's failure to [...] |
2005-09-30 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME3290 |
ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH CENTER-RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 28 with the four center-right Senate caucus chairmen. They discussed the evolution of the Northern League as a responsible coalition partner, and the Christian Democrats of the Center (UCD) senator spoke positively about "devolution." All were relat [...] |
2005-09-30 16:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 05ROME3467 |
ITALY: PRODI WINS CLEAR VICTORY IN CENTER-LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former EU Commissioner Romano Prodi confirmed his role as Center-Left party leader in a decisive victory in Italy's first ever coalition primaries on October 16. A surprisingly high 4.4 million voters gave Prodi 74.6 percent of the vote, versus 14.6 percent for his nearest rival, [...] |
2005-10-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME3585 |
SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S OCTOBER 31 MEETING [...] (C) Summary. PM Berlusconi specifically requested this meeting, and a spring address to a joint session of Congress, to bolster his prospects in Italy's April elections. Behind in the polls and facing his toughest campaign, Berlusconi will juxtapose his proactive and pro-U.S.foreign policy with tha [...] |
2005-10-26 10:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 05ROME3591 |
ITALY: CHOD CALLS SIGONELLA TA "ABSOLUTE [...] (C) In an October 19 meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Daniel Fata, Italian Chief of Defense ADM Di Paola said that concluding the Sigonella Technical Arrangement in the near future was "an absolute necessity." Di Paola said that, if there were to be a change of gove [...] |
2005-10-26 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
| 05ROME3936 |
ITALY: ON IRAQ CENTER-LEFT MOVES RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DS Party Secretary Piero Fassino says that if a Center-Left government comes to power next spring it would withdraw troops from Iraq in close coordination with the Iraqi government, the U.S. and other allies. A DS Official told us that Center-Left PM candidate Romano Prodi had a [...] |
2005-11-30 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME3996 |
ELECTORAL REFORM CREATES INTRA-COALITION BATTLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political strategists tell us that electoral reform legislation likely to be approved by the Italian Senate in the coming weeks will force coalition members to run against each other in the 2006 electoral campaign. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his centrist coalition pa [...] |
2005-12-06 08:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 05ROME4064 |
PRODI SEES CENTER-LEFT LEAD, PLEDGES NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Center-left leader Romano Prodi December 14 called on the Ambassador at the embassy. The center-left leader broke no new ground on domestic or foreign issues and appeared to have no obvious agenda with us except to establish a dialogue. In the meeting, which took place at his initiativ [...] |
2005-12-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06NAPLES102 |
LAGGING ECONOMY (MEANING JOBS) TOPS LIST OF VOTER CONCERNS [...] Summary: The primary economic issue in Italy's Mezzogiorno is far and away that of "jobs". Unemployment has always run at higher levels in the South than in central and northern Italy, and southern voters are sure the current economic downturn has hit them the hardest. Parents, educators, p [...] |
2006-03-29 15:47:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED | IT PGOV ECON ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME1019 |
BERLUSCONI-PRODI DEBATE SHOWS CONTRAST: NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many commentators give PM Berlusconi a slight edge over challenger Romano Prodi in last night's second candidate debate. Berlusconi was more poised than in the first debate and offered a surprise proposal to eliminate local property taxes on every family's first home--a proposal [...] |
2006-04-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON IZ IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME1034 |
ITALY'S POST ELECTION LOTTO-MINISTRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Italy's April 9-10 national elections begin a political process that probably will not produce a new government until mid-May to mid-June. Presidents of the two legislative houses must be elected followed by a replacement for President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi before [...] |
2006-04-05 13:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME1083 |
TRADE VICE MINISTER PLANS "COURAGEOUS" TRADE OFFER [...] (C) Summary. During an April 3 courtesy call by Ambassador Spogli, Trade Vice Minister Adolfo Urso was cautiously optimistic of a narrow center-right victory in this week's elections. He admitted that GOI positions on trade and the WTO have been driven by politics until now, but said a cent [...] |
2006-04-10 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 06ROME1162 |
ITALY: CERTIFIED VOTE RESULTS EXPECTED SOON [...] (C) A consensus is developing that the Italian Court of Cassation will issue certified election results next Tuesday, April 18, though reports that the recount could take a few days longer persist. UDC Party Secretary Lorenzo Cesa told the press that election results would not change, and FI [...] |
2006-04-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME1183 |
ITALIAN CASSATION DECLARES RESULTS OFFICIAL: PRODI [...] (SBU) Italy's Court of Cassation finished verification procedures for Italy's contested parliamentary elections, confirming center-left challenger Romano Prodi's electoral victory over incumbent PM Silvio Berlusconi in the critical Chamber of Deputies. Though Berlusconi might continue to prot [...] |
2006-04-19 17:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME1203 |
ITALY: CODEL HYDE HEARS PLANS FOR A ROBUST [...] (C) Summary. Berlusconi U/S Gianni Letta told a visiting Codel Hyde delegation April 19 that, given a strong second-place showing in the elections, the center-right would play the part of a particularly robust opposition party when the new center-left government took office. He predicted t [...] |
2006-04-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME122 |
AMBASSADOR PUTS DOWN MARKER WITH CENTER-LEFT ON [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador on January 11 told Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli that the Center-Left could not begin its relationship with the United States in a worse manner than to unilaterally declare a withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq in the event of a Center-Left victory in the [...] |
2006-01-13 05:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME141 |
ITALY: ELECTORAL REFORM COULD BRING DIVIDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In addition to impacts reported REF A and B, Italy's controversial electoral reform law introduces different systems for calculating results in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. In the Chamber of Deputies, the winning coalition receives a majority premium guaranteeing that [...] |
2006-01-17 09:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME173 |
SCENESETTER: YOUR MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM FINI [...] (C) This meeting is an opportunity for FM Fini and the Berlusconi government to showcase Italian foreign policy successes in advance of April elections. Fini will want to show the public that Italy's engagements abroad have advanced its national interests, enhanced its international standing, [...] |
2006-01-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS IT PGOV PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS AFGHANISTAN UN |
| 06ROME276 |
ITALIAN ELECTIONS: PRODI LEADING THE RACE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent polls show that PM Silvio Berlusconi's center-right (CR) coalition has gained on Romano Prodi's center-left (CL) coalition. Prodi's lead has slipped from 8 percentage points last summer to 4.5 percentage points in January. In the last month, Berlusconi has set the tone of [...] |
2006-01-31 12:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME361 |
TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS -- USG SITUATION [...] (SBU/NF) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/07/2006. 2. (SBU/NF) USG interagency Joint Operations Center (JOC) numbers (24/7) are: 39-011-55-99-793/794/564 (tel); 011- [...] |
2006-02-07 16:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 06ROME371 |
ITALY: RUTELLI DISCUSSES CENTER-LEFT FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a February 3 lunch with Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli, the Ambassador stressed the importance of NATO to the Transatlantic Alliance and registered our concern that a future center-left government not look to Europe at the expense of Italy's historically strong bilateral [...] |
2006-02-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS PGOV IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME439 |
DISPOSITION OF ELK RIVER SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL: [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On February 6, the Ambassador received a letter from Gianni Letta, Under Secretary to the Council of Ministers requesting assistance SIPDIS to return to the United States 64 thorium-uranium bundles of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) originally from the Elk River, [...] |
2006-02-13 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP KSTC IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME453 |
SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO [...] (C) PM Berlusconi is seeking an election campaign bounce from his carefully timed visit to Washington to address a joint session of Congress and his meeting with the President. Elections are two months away and the campaign is in full gear following President Ciampi's dissolution of parliament [...] |
2006-02-15 05:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT IQ ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 06ROME466 |
ITALY: ELECTION FACT SHEETS AVAILABLE ON EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-16 08:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME502 |
ITALY: FASSINO WANTS THE FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke at length with Democrats of the Left (DS) Party Secretary Piero Fassino on February 16. Fassino told the Ambassador that he thought either he or Daisy President Francesco Rutelli would be Foreign Minister in a future center-left government. The Ambassador note [...] |
2006-02-18 10:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME536 |
CARTOON-WEARING MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Italy's Reforms Minister resigned February 18 following violent protests against the Italian consulate in Benghazi. The minister, Roberto Calderoli of the Northern League, had won notoriety for wearing T-shirts emblazoned with cartoons that had triggered protests in Islamic co [...] |
2006-02-21 18:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME550 |
ITALY: AN SPOKESPERSON SEES CENTER-RIGHT CLOSING [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 15 with National Alliance (AN) Party Spokesperson Andrea Ronchi. Ronchi told the Ambassador he was optimistic about the center-right's electoral chances and claimed they are only trailing the center-left by one or two percentage points. Ronchi said AN was firm [...] |
2006-02-22 16:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME584 |
ITALY'S UNION COALITION PROGRAM: FAULT LINES ON [...] (C) Romano Prodi presented the center-left Union coalition's 281-page governing program on February 13. As opposed to establishing a concrete program for the Union coalition should it win the April 9 national elections, the document has been viewed by critics from both the right and the left [...] |
2006-02-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MARR PARM MOPS ELAB EINV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME698 |
SURVEY OF ITALIANS' VIEWS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] Against the backdrop of April's national elections and a four-year drop in foreign assistance, Inter Press Service News Agency reported the results of a recent survey February 17 indicating most Italians favor using Italian budgetary resources to fight global poverty, rather than increasing m [...] |
2006-03-07 08:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME725 |
ITALY: POLLSTERS GIVE EDGE TO PRODI BUT DON'T [...] (C) SUMMARY: A collection of five Milan-based pollsters agreed that PM Berlusconi's effective campaign had closed much of the gap with opposition leader Romano Prodi, even if they were split over whether this momentum would carry Berlusconi to victory on election day. Recent polls give Prodi [...] |
2006-03-09 06:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME768 |
ITALIAN CENTER LEFT OFFICIAL SAYS NATO ESSSENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democrats of the Left Member of Parliament and former U/S in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Umberto Ranieri told Pol M/C that his party considers NATO an essential pillar of international security. He assured us that far left radicals would not make foreign policy in a future c [...] |
2006-03-10 18:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL IZ IT NATO ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME798 |
ITALIAN ELECTIONS: THE SOUTHERN BATTLEGROUND [...] (C) Puglia, on Italy's southern heel, is a battleground region in Italy's April 9 elections. Although a traditional stronghold of the Center Right, it is an area where voters have handed Center Left politicians dramatic electoral gains in recent municipal and regional voting. Local pundits [...] |
2006-03-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME839 |
ITALY: CL PARLIAMENTARIAN PREDICTS CONTINUITY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Marco Minniti, a former U/S of Defense under center-left (CL) Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, termed Berlusconi's relationship with the U.S an asset that should be built upon and said there is no European security without the U.S. Minniti continued that the center-left is now in [...] |
2006-03-16 16:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS IS IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
| 06ROME85 |
ITALY'S CENTER-LEFT PLANS IRAQ PULLOUT BY END OF [...] (C) Romano Prodi's international affairs adviser and spokesperson January 10 expressed confidence in a center-left victory in Italy's elections next April. He said that a Prodi-led government would announce immediately upon winning national elections its intent to withdraw from Iraq. Ricardo [...] |
2006-01-10 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME863 |
ITALIAN ELECTIONS: THE POSSIBILITIES (PART I OF [...] (C) This cable is the first of two outlining possible post-election scenarios and our engagement with the center-left on various issues. Though opposition leader Romano Prodi holds a slight lead in opinion polls, it remains unclear whether he can hang on to defeat incumbent PM Silvio Berluscon [...] |
2006-03-17 17:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME864 |
ITALIAN ELECTIONS: WHAT IF THE CENTER-LEFT WINS? [...] (C) Summary. Septel outlines the possible outcomes of the April 9-10 Italian elections; as of now, the center-left has a slight edge in polling, suggesting neither the left nor the right will win with a large mandate. We predict: (1) budget constraints will challenge the next government's [...] |
2006-03-17 17:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME904 |
IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA SAYS PRT MOVING AHEAD REGARDLESS [...] (C) Italy's Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Dhi Qar province will be fully operational by the end of April. MFA officials are confident that, barring an unexpectedly large vote for the extreme left in Italy's April 9 election, a center-left election victory will not affect the current [...] |
2006-03-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV EAID IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME927 |
POLITICAL REACTION TO PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT ON ITALY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition candidate Romano Prodi called the Ambassador March 23 to question the appropriateness of the timing of our recent public announcement on Italy. His likely foreign minister should Prodi win the April 9-10 election called the Ambassador later the same day to "de-dramati [...] |
2006-03-24 16:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC AMGT IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
| 06ROME996 |
The Economy, But Not Economic Reform, Begins [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Italy's electoral campaign has begun to focus almost exclusively on incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Achilles heel: the economy. Center-left challenger Romano Prodi threw Berlusconi on the defensive during a nationally televised debate March 14 that focu [...] |
2006-04-03 08:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |