Sunday, March 22, 2009

Italy: Canal Plus could be wrong about Berlusconi

Berlusconi is in trouble again. Corriere della Sera reports that there may have been miscommunication during a media conference of Italy-France summit with the President Sarkozy and Prime Minister Berlusconi. The press, Canal Plus reported that Prime Minister whispered in President Sarkozy “C’est moi che t’ai donné ta femme” (I gave you your wife), which could have been interpreted as “Tu sais que j’ai etudié à la Sorbonne” (You know that I studied at the Sorbonne). The Prime Minister’s office is trying to interpret the exact phrase to clear the misunderstanding with the President. Because French is not Berlusconi’s first language, he might have just said the incorrect phrase. But for now no one is taking back what they said, until they have clear and solid proof of the recording.

-Sun Kim (Italy)

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