Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi: Mission Accomplished! “Draghi Has Transformed Italy into a Belligerent Country against Russia”

By Manlio Dinucci
Global Research, August 01, 2022
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“Among the countries in Western Europe, Italy had one of the strongest links with Russia. Draghi’s mission was to break this pattern repositioning Italy in relation to Russia “: the New York Times writes.

Draghi has not only transformed Italy into a belligerent country against Russia by sending weapons and instructors to the Ukrainian forces but has promoted sanctions against the Russian central bank and the admission of Ukraine to the EU. For these and other “merits” the authoritative USA Fortune magazine includes Mario Draghi among “the 50 greatest leaders in the world”.

Draghi’s career took a decisive turn when – after having dismantled the Italian public assets with privatizations as Director of the Treasury – he became director and vice president of Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs is not just a US bank but a powerhouse of the financial elite who through the “revolving door” policy places its men in key institutional positions. From 2005 to 2021 Draghi first became Governor of the Bank of Italy, then president of the European Central Bank, and finally Premier of the Italian Republic.

The results of the “mission” that Draghi carried out with the total complicity of the Italian Parliament plunged Italy into an unprecedented crisis: while the price of gas (following anti-Russian policies) rose from 15 to 200 euros per megawatt hour, Italy accumulated such a level of liabilities that – writes Fortune – “the cost of the loan for Italy has become prohibitive, rising to unsustainable levels”. The Italian crisis is similar to the one in which Greece plunged losing what remained of the public assets with the “rescue package” of the EU. The situation is aggravated by the devaluation of the euro against the dollar, which increases the cost of imports. The decisive factor, therefore, is to overturn the policy that Draghi has implemented with his “mission” in Italy.

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Manlio Dinucci, award winning author, geopolitical analyst and geographer, Pisa, Italy. He is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).

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Manlio Dinucci est géographe et journaliste. Il a une chronique hebdomadaire “L’art de la guerre” au quotidien italien il manifesto. Parmi ses derniers livres: Geocommunity (en trois tomes) Ed. Zanichelli 2013; Geolaboratorio, Ed. Zanichelli 2014;Se dici guerra…, Ed. Kappa Vu 2014.

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