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Il Foglio Quotidiano Mercoledì 1 Dicembre 2010 Non riesci a fare a meno del Foglio? Leggilo anche su iPad e iPhone ILRedazione e Amministrazione: via Carroccio 12 – 20123FOGLIO Milano. Tel 02/771295.1 Sped. in Abb. Postale - DL 353/2003 Conv. L.46/2004 Art. 1, c. 1, DBC MILANO quotidiano ANNO XV NUMERO 284 DIRETTORE GIULIANO FERRARA MERCOLEDÌ 1 DICEMBRE 2010 - € 1,30 Cablo da Mosca Soccorso scandinavo OGGI NEL FOGLIO QUOTIDIANO Ma quale cinico? C’è un nuovo Medvedev Perché la generosa La Giornata INDAGINI Meglio di Fellini e di Antonioni. a parlare in tv a tutta la SUL SUICIDIO Il gran cinema di Monicelli è tutto Svezia non assiste ** * ** * in una frase: “Mai alle Maldive” Russia (chissà perché?) • ANNULLA i significati, ma non è inerte all’eurotracollo In Italia Nel mondo senza significato. La fede, il materia- Il discorso annuale del presidente è una lismo, l’oriente estremo (inserto I) anno scorso aveva dettato il suo epi- Tensioni sui debiti dei paesi periferici svolta super concreta che assomiglia LA RIFORMA UNIVERSITARIA PASSA LA COMMISSIONE EUROPEA APRE L’ taffio, a gentile richiesta di un com- Ma Stoccolma aiuta Dublino in ALLA CAMERA, STUDENTI IN RIVOLTA. UN’INDAGINE SU GOOGLE. L’Autorità an- • IL TOSTO VESCOVO DOLAN. Il pilatore di almanacchi. Sta nel volumet- a un messaggio elettorale per il 2012 Il disegno di legge Gelmini ha ottenuto 307 titrust dell’Ue sospetta l’azienda america- conservatore che non s’aspettavano to “Meglio qui che in riunione”, raccol- nome di export e solidarietà nordica sì, 252 no e 7 astensioni; il testo passa ora na di “abuso di posizione dominante nelle e che le canta al NYT (inserto IV) all’esame del Senato. Durante la giornata il ricerche su Internet”. La Commissione ha DI MARIAROSA MANCUSO La diarchia “fino al 2020” governo era stato battuto due volte su specificato che “l’attivazione della proce- Ft: rischi per i bond privati emendamenti presentati da Fli, Api e Pd. dura non significa che ci siano al momen- ta di auto-epitaffi uscita da Rizzoli. Per Mosca, dal nostro inviato. Chi aspettava Anche ieri blocchi e manifestazioni in tut- to prove di infrazioni”. Google, che si è det- quasi tutti gli intervistati, l’occasione di Milano. Il paese più generoso nei con- un discorso politico è rimasto deluso. Nel ta Italia, con pesanti conseguenze sulla cir- ta disponibile a collaborare con le autorità Più Gelmini e meno fondi una vanitosa e adolescenziale spirito- fronti dell’euro è, da sempre, uno dei più suo terzo messaggio alla nazione, il capo colazione stradale e ferroviaria. “Gli stu- europee, sarà indagata anche per avere saggine. Tra i pochi a salvarsi, Mario euroscettici. A ragione, probabilmente, al- del Cremlino, Dmitri Medvedev, ha messo denti veri stanno a casa a studiare, quelli concesso un trattamento preferenziale ai Non sono i soldi a pioggia Monicelli che sulla sua tomba voleva far meno a giudicare dai risultati che premia- da parte la teoria per discutere di tasse e in giro a protestare sono dei centri sociali propri prodotti nei risultati delle ricerche. incidere: “Non andò mai alle Maldive”. no la Svezia del premier di centrodestra natalità e si è rivolto alle famiglie trascu- e fuori corso”, ha commentato il presiden- *** a far risollevare gli atenei Un modo per prendere le distanze dal- Friedrich Reinfeldt: l’economia sta cre- rando gli ufficiali dell’amministrazione. Ha te del Consiglio Berlusconi. Anche il pre- L’Iran ha accettato di negoziare sul pro- l’Italia che non gli piaceva, forse anche scendo a pieno ritmo, a un tasso del 4,8 per parlato a quelli che, fra un anno o poco più, sidente della Camera Fini ha criticato “gli prio programma nucleare. Le trattative si La priorità è cambiare le regole: le voci dai cinepanettoni. L’Italia dove uno co- cento: certo, la disoccupazione, seppur in sceglieranno il nuovo presidente russo. estremisti che hanno bloccato Roma e cau- terranno a Ginevra il 6 e 7 dicembre. “Nel- dei prof., lo studio di McKinsey me lui era considerato un po’ troppo ci- calo, resta all’8 per cento, ma la crisi del- “Avremo presto a che fare con la stessa si- sato gravi incidenti”. Il leader del Pd Ber- le discussioni preliminari non si entrerà nico, come ha ribadito Carlo Verdone l’auto dopo il 2009 nero è ormai superata, tuazione demografica de- sani ha solidarizzato con gli studenti, accu- nel merito”, ha detto il presidente irania- mentre tornano a fiorire investimenti e gli anni Ottanta, quando le sando di “irresponsabilità” il governo. no, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, che ha chiesto Roma. La riforma dell’Università propo- appena saputa la notizia. Non era cini- nuovi posti di lavoro (140 mila nascite erano troppo po- Bossi: “Questa è passata. Speriamo sia che Brasile e Turchia siano presenti. sta dal governo Berlusconi è stata approva- co: era un regista di commedie, e Ver- entro la fine dell’anno). Inoltre che – ha detto ieri nella sa- un buon segno. Altrimenti c’è solo il voto”. *** ta ieri dalla Camera, superando così il pas- done per primo dovrebbe sa- il deficit pubblico di Stoccolma, la di San Giorgio, di fronte *** Ségolène Royal si candiderà alle primarie saggio più atteso dell’iter legislativo che pere che il grado zero membro dell’Unione europea ai deputati della Duma e Tensioni sui titoli di stato, lo spread tra del Partito socialista francese in vista del- potrebbe concludersi in Senato già nei pri- della risata è l’uomo che ma non della zona euro, si man- agli uomini del governo – Btp decennali e Bund tedeschi è salito a le presidenziali del 2012. “E’ arrivata l’ora mi giorni di dicembre. Mentre in Aula pro- scivola sulla buccia di tiene al di sotto della soglia E’ una minaccia seria e 210 punti base, nuovo livello massimo dal- di farsi avanti con chiarezza”, ha detto la cedeva il confronto tra i deputati, migliaia banana, non il samari- del 3 per cento sul pil, men- una sfida alla nostra nazio- la nascita dell’euro. “Ma in Spagna sono so- presidente della regione Poitou-Charentes. di ricercatori e studenti di scuole superio- tano che gli fascia tre il debito pubblico (il 36 ne”. Medvedev ha propo- pra i 400 punti”, ha osservato Berlusconi. Il *** ri e università sono scesi in piazza nelle la testa, lo consola per cento sul pil) è dentro i sto una serie di misure D. MEDVEDEV sottosegretario alla presidenza del Consi- L’esercito algerino ha attaccato una cellu- città italiane per manifestare il loro dissen- e chiama l’ambu- parametri di Maastricht. Un straordinarie per i genito- glio, Gianni Letta, ha espresso invece la la di al Qaida nella provincia di Chlef, nel- so che, soprattutto a Roma, è sfociato anche lanza. miraggio per tutti gli altri ri che hanno più di tre figli: sussidi sino a “forte preoccupazione che dai mercati pos- la parte occidentale del paese. Due terrori- in scontri con le forze dell’ordine. Al cen- paesi europei, considerato tremila rubli ogni mese (quasi cento euro) sa arrivare un affondo sull’euro, tentando sti e quattro militari sono rimasti uccisi. tro delle proteste ci sono le risorse: secon- Era un regista di che anche ieri sono saliti a li- commedie come e terra per costruire nuove case. di coinvolgere nel contagio irlandese an- *** do i contestatori, sarebbero infatti troppo vello record gli spread sui E’ una piccola svolta nella carriera po- che paesi più solidi come la Spagna, il Por- L’Iraq ha rimandato il censimento nazio- esigue quelle destinate agli atenei e al si- “L’armata Branca- rendimenti dei decennali di litica di Medvedev. Sinora, la sua passione togallo e magari anche l’Italia”. nale a causa di una disputa sulle procedu- stema dell’istruzione in generale. Ma le co- leone”, con la Italia, Spagna, Irlanda e Bel- per le nuove tecnologie e la promessa di *** re da attuare nella regione del Kurdistan. se stanno veramente così? sua parlata finta gio nei confronti del bund riforme liberali hanno avuto un grande im- A ottobre la disoccupazione sale di poco: *** In realtà sempre più osservatori sconfes- medievale e l’ac- tedesco, mentre l’euro ha patto a Parigi come a Washington, dove gli 8,6 per cento rispetto all’8,3 di settembre (il Un attacco informatico al Pakistan, lan- sano, dati alla mano, l’equazione “più sol- cozzaglia di dispe- toccato il nuovo minimo rispetto annunci del presidente sono accolti come dato più alto dal 2004). In leggero calo la di- ciato dal territorio indiano, ha oscurato di uguale più qualità”. L’ultima smentita rati, da allora rimbalzata da un titolo di al dollaro da 11 settimane. Non solo: per il una rivoluzione, ma nelle strade di Mosca soccupazione giovanile: 26,2 per cento (-0,4 trentasei siti del governo di Islamabad. del mantra arriva da un rapporto pubbli- giornale ad un altro per raccontare la po- Financial Times le tensioni sui debiti pub- molti sono ancora convinti che il vero lea- rispetto al mese precedente). Un pachistano del Nord Waziristan, Ka- cato in queste ore da McKinsey, colosso litica e la tentazione gruppettara e liti- blici si potranno far sentire anche sul mer- der del paese sia il primo ministro, Vladi- *** rim Khan, intende denunciare la Cia e gli americano della consulenza. L’analisi, ba- giosa che in Italia son quasi la stessa co- cato dei bond privati. mir Putin. “E’ difficile ricordare che cosa Nassiryah, la Cassazione rinvia a gennaio Stati Uniti per l’uccisione di suo figlio e suo sata sugli indici Pisa (Programme for Inter- sa. Era il regista dei “Soliti ignoti”, altra Insomma, non ci sarebbe da stupirsi se abbia detto nei due anni scorsi – ha scrit- la decisione sul ricorso dei familiari delle fratello in un raid di un drone americano.
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