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If in 1994 they had told him: “One day you will become leader of Forza Italia”. Maybe he wouldn’t have believed it either, says an old friend of him. To say that Antonio Tajani’s figure can be summed up in one word: Prudence. Which follows another trait: Antonio has never forgotten that he owes everything to Berlusconi. Yet prudence and moderation will come later, with maturity. Son of Augusta Narditeacher of Latin and Greek, and of Raphaelofficer of the Army of Vietri sul Mare, Antonio was born in 1953 in Rome and grew up in the Parioli district.

Fan of the Juventus, do not miss a game, flew to Cardiff for the last Champions League final for the Bianconeri. In the past been a fan of Giampiero Bonipertirecently appreciated Pirlo, Chiellini, Morata and Tvez. But my first love is certainly politics. When she enrolled at the Tasso high school in the capital, the clash between right and left was on fire. Tajani stands out for the monarchical positions. On leaving school he is beaten by four workers who almost jumped out of a car. After that episode forced to change schools. A degree in law from Sapienza will follow, a marriage with Brunella from which he got two sons it’s a journalism career than to get it — after a passage to the Weekly and al Gr1 – to the drafting of the Newspaper by Indro Montanelli. He was with Montanelli because they were both royalists, jokes a former colleague. Who adds: In the newsroom he always wore Sergio Boschiero, another royalist historian. He writes about parliamentary politics and is remembered as an assault reporter. To the point that one day on the transatlantic he receives two slaps from the MSI Alfred Pazzaglia for having written an article with a Christian Democrat flavour. It is not known whether this episode represented a watershed.

The fact is that in 1994 Tajani actively participated in the foundation of Forza Italia. He becomes spokesman for the prime minister in the first Berlusconi government. At Palazzo Chigi it will be a short passage: in June 1994 he will be elected to theEuropean Parliament where he will stay – with the parenthesis as candidate for mayor of Rome in 2001, defeated by Walter Veltroni – For 29 years in a row. An anomaly for an Italian, An anomaly for an Italian, because Strasbourg has always been a place of passage. And instead it will be his luck. it was an investment by Berlusconi, some argue. If the Knight raised controversy, Tajani mended with Martin Schultzmaintained relations between the Cdu and Forza Italia and smoothed out the corners in the days of tensions with Angela Merkel. As European Commissioner for Industry, he dissuades an American company, Tenneco, determined to close its suspension factory in Spain with 210 workers. It happens in Gijon, in Asturias, where there is a street named after it
to him.

As president of the European Parliament he stands out for his moderation. appreciated by the leaders of the Ppe and the director of the election of Roberta Metsola at the summit of the European Assembly. It’s in Rome? Always one step back, never overexposed. He was not a dauphin of the Knight. But certainly the latter trusted him. I am aware of all this Giorgia Meloni, who is holding onto it. Also because Antonio has now become the leader of FI. If, only in time, we’ll find out soon.

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