This morning, remembering the recent embarrassing stories of some of italian politicians, I made this consideration: their wives are the best thing these men have . The women who live alongside these so-called leaders, who are often relegated by the press in the shadow of powerful husbands, sooner or later show to deserve a respect that their men may just dream. While the facts that struck the former governor of the Lazio region Piero Marrazzo are still on every newspaper, his wife Roberta Serdoz , despite the obvious humiliation due to her husband’s actions, reveals a remarkable personality. How can we not mention Silvio Berlusconi’s wife, Veronica Lario , one of the few influent people in our country able to speak in very difficult times with sincere honesty about the questionable behaviour of our Prime Minister. I think of all the wives of various politicians, hit by the scandals of their men because they are linked to in good times and – ever more often… - in bad. I rem...
by Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher