Press Interpreter

03/31/06 -- The day after the call for help from the teachers – how the pupils react to the public commotion and what makes this city district into a flashpoint. -- Berlin, 31 March –- If one wants to understand how a wave emerges that towers up into something of a Tsunami real quickly, one can visit the Rütli School in Berlin-Neukölln. Nothing much happens here, on normal days; the street is short and traffic is shut out, blocked by colourful sculptures. There are a few allotment gardens and a new youth club. And there is this freshly painted school building from the Emperor’s times, from which erupts, on Friday morning, a furious flood.

02/13/06 -- Berlusconi's bizarre show at the start of the election campaign in Rome. -- Only God the Father is still missing. Otherwise the Italian Prime Minister has compared himself with all those who are of rank or fame. Silvio Berlusconi started with an emperor: "Only Napoleon has done more than me. But I am much bigger." He followed up with a war hero: "I will fight against communism like Churchill fought the Nazis." And he referred to the crucified: "I am the Jesus Christ of politics, suffering, I take everything on me, I sacrifice myself for everyone." Is the Prime Minister, after having been in power for five years, ripe for the loony bin? Nothing of the kind. It's just election campaign time in Italy.

10/05/05 –- Pressure on the European policy of the Swiss Federal Council (Bundesrat) has been increased by the National Council (Nationalrat). A group of 20 representatives from across the political spectrum (liberals, Christian-democrats and nationalists) has filed a motion demanding the withdrawal of Switzerland’s EU membership request.