European Parliament 19 March 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION P-0757/02 by Giuseppe Di Lello Finuoli (GUE/NGL) to the Council. Statements by Mr Bossi.

Mr Silvio Berlusconi, who is not only President of the Italian Council but also Italy’s temporary Foreign Minister, attended the Lega Nord congress, where Mr Bossi repeated his accusations and invective aimed at the entire European Community. Not only did Mr Berlusconi not react to those accusations; he implicitly endorsed them through his silence and his smiling acquiescence.