Giuliano Ferrara
Giuliano Ferrara | |
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| Minister for Parliamentary Relations | |
| In office 10 May 1994 – 17 January 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | Silvio Berlusconi |
| Preceded by | Paolo Barile |
| Succeeded by | Guglielmo Negri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Giuliano Ferrara 7 January 1952 Rome, Italy |
| Political party | PCI (1973–1982) PSI (1985–1994) FI (1994–2008) |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Spouse | Anselma Dell'Olio (since 1987) |
| Occupation | Journalist, politician (formerly) |
Giuliano Ferrara (born 7 January 1952) is an Italian politician, journalist, and TV presenter. He is the founding editor of Il Foglio.
Early life and career[edit]
Ferrara came from a family of communists; his father Maurizio was a senator for the Italian Communist Party (PCI), and the two would remain close, even though his father did not share his rightward shift in the 1980s and 1990s. Ferrara was active in the PCI during his twenties. In 1982, he broke with the party and became vocal as an ex-Communist within the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). As a member of the PSI, he endorsed Franco Carraro as mayor of Rome.[1]
Influenced by the political philosopher Leo Strauss, Ferrara initially gravitated toward socialism but later moved toward social conservatism. As a member of Forza Italia, he was in the Berlusconi I Cabinet and founded the newspaper Il Foglio in 1996.[2]
Political positions[edit]
Abortion[edit]
In 1989, Ferrara used the pages of Corriere della Sera to criticize what he perceived as a decline in male responsibility following the introduction of the first abortion pills.[3] He ran in the 2008 Italian general election on a platform favouring a moratorium on abortion, as part of a theoconservative Italian political current of which he is one of the most prominent leaders. In his early 20s, he acknowledged that three of his partners had abortions.[4]
Europe's Christian roots[edit]
Ferrara agrees with the Catholic Church regarding the defence of the Judeo-Christian roots of Europe.
Personal life[edit]
Ferarra is married to writer Anselma Dell'Olio, who fought for women's rights in the feminist movements during the 1960s and 1970s. He has been one of the strongest supporters of Pope Benedict XVI. Although considered by his opponents an atheist, he considers himself a theist.[5]
Legal problems[edit]
In 2003, Antonio Tabucchi wrote an article about bad facts about Ferrara for the French newspaper Le Monde; the article was never published because Ferrara interfered with them publishing it on its own newspaper Il Foglio. He then said that he was happy to have reached the goal of getting that article before Le Monde newspaper. He was condemned for unauthorized publishing and for copyright infringement.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Di Pietrantonio, Luciano (18 December 2019). "30 anni fa: Franco Carraro sindaco di Roma" [30 years ago: Franco Carraro mayor of Rome]. Abitare a Roma (in Italian). Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "Ferrara, Giuliano". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ Ferrara, Giuliano (5 November 1989). "Maschio sempre più irresponsabile con la nuova 'pillola' per abortire" [Increasingly irresponsible male with the new 'pill' for abortion]. Corriere della Sera.
- ^ Donadio, Rachel (6 April 2008). "The Atheist Urging Italy to Get Religion". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ "Nè ateo nè devoto" [Neither atheist nor devout]. Tempi (in Italian). No. 17. 26 April 2007. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
In realtà io ateo non sono, la mia è una posizione teista. Io non ho una fede personale, non ho questo dono, questa grazia soprannaturale e non ho una confessione praticata e osservante. ... Io ho una posizione che praticamente è quella richiamata da Ratzinger parafrasando Ugo Grozio: quella di vivere come se Dio esistesse. [Actually I'm not an atheist, I have a theist view. I do not have a personal faith, I don't have this gift, this supernatural grace and I do not follow nor observe any confession ... My position is the one Joseph Ratzinger cited paraphrasing Hugo Grotius: I live as if God existed.]
- ^ "080909 Cass Giuliano" (PDF) (in French). Court of Cassation. 9 September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2023 – via Research Institute Owned Intellectuelle.
External links[edit]
- Articles written on Panorama (in Italian)
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