It was February 23, 2013, one day before the crucial 24th of the month when Milan would meet Inter Milan and the Italian people would take part in the national elections. Silvio Berlusconi was in Milanello before the derby. The rule was clear. A candidate was not allowed to speak about politics the day before the election.

However, Cavaliere rarely followed trivialities, so he jumped at the chance. We were in the press room at the Milan training center. Then I suddenly felt an aura that something great was happening. An aura that you can hardly feel even for the greatest soccer player in the world.

Berlusconi radiated to those around him that he really was a great personality. He greeted the workers in turn, from the technicians and cameramen to the journalists who were in the area.

Cavaliere briefly analyzed the incoming DHowever, Erby della Madonnina quickly got into politics by answering journalists’ questions. He attacked Europe, but also the Italian judiciary: “They attack me with the bunga bunga parties which is a smear operation. No crime has emerged from 150,000 wiretaps and they continue the trials. In Italy, the judiciary is the most dangerous mafia and since the Sicilian mafia.”

The Gift of Greece and the Greek Islands

So I turned to Silvio Berlusconi. I told him we were from Greece and offered him a bottle of Santorini wine.

In fact, Cavaliere was referring, quite kindly, to a conversation he had with former Prime Minister George Papandreou at a time when Greece was suffering from the economic crisis.

“I told Papandreou (ss was confused and called him Papadopoulos) if there was a beautiful Greek island I could buy. I also told Samaras.” He confided in a statement that went nationwide.

Finally, Berlusconi thanked him for the wine.

He denied breaking the rules

After the press conference ended, there was a storm of reactions. However, Berlusconi denied having broken the rule of silence one day before the election campaign. “I didn’t break any rules.

I answered a journalist friend’s question and expressed my opinion on the judiciary, which fortunately is not yet a political party asking citizens to vote.