Dear Director, Things in heaven and on earth: Concern about nuclear escalation on our planet is a matter of debate in heaven. On Holy Easter Day, Andreotti, Cossiga and Craxi take the stage and talk about foreign policy, while Saint John Paul II exhorts them to go immediately to Saint Peter, who celebrates the Resurrection of the Lord. But Cossiga, with the Airpods keeping him constantly connected to the news from around the world, continues to express concerns about Finland’s entry into NATO. Nobody imagined such a belligerent reaction from the President Emeritus of the Republic: “An act of war is answered with an act of war, and we must be careful that Putin does not send drones to bomb Poland”. Andreotti, while examining the invitations to the commemoration in May to mark the tenth anniversary of his death, organized by Vice President Giorgio Mulè in Montecitorio, goes back in time: “I remember going to the United States at the height of the crisis with Cuba and Kennedy, he declared that it was necessary to arm oneself to stop the risk of a nuclear conflict». Cossiga answers point by point and remembers his political masterpiece: «Giulio, I’ll take you with me to the younger days. In the midst of the Cold War, the USSR began aiming its nuclear weapons at half of Europe. Frightened, then-German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt called for restoring military balance between Moscow and Washington, but to accept US missiles in Germany he needed a European ally who would do the same. And you all remember that it was really you who pushed for the missiles to be placed in Comiso». Craxi intervenes and gets straight to the point: “You Christian Democrats always talk about the past while I keep my feet on the ground.” Andreotti rejects it with his usual humor: “Actually, Bettino, we are all standing here with our feet in the air, and now that you have finally arrived in heaven, you should consider that”.
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C.: “Look, for me you’re always a fox who ended up here with the saints instead of the skinner.”
A.: «It doesn’t matter, rather what do you think? »
C.: “The Russians will immediately try to destabilize the Finnish government, which has just celebrated its entry into NATO. Also consider the last election result with the victory of the extreme right». Amintore Fanfani, as always, arrives a little out of breath on his tricycle, never forgetting that he was a professor of economic policy: “More than atomic bombs, I fear the food bomb.”
A.: “Amintore, don’t start with your theories, what do you mean by that?” asks Andreotti.
Q.: “By signing contracts with Australia for agricultural and food products such as wheat and barley, China brought French producers to their knees in one fell swoop, with the price of barley collapsing on the international stock exchanges”.
C.: “By the way, Ebrahim Raisi’s Iran is secretly sending military drones to Russia, which are then used for warfare in Ukraine, in exchange for food and grain, effectively making Iran self-sufficient.”
Q.: “The wheat battle will be the battle of all battles after China struck deals with Saudi Arabia and Iran, as well as with Russia threatening to block grain arrivals to third world countries.”
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A.: «In a few years, Russia and China will control the five countries with the most important energy sources in the world: Libya, Iran, Iraq, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. And for Europe, which continues to argue about the Pnrr, it will be painful.”
Q.: “Add that Russia and China have even convinced the Gulf States to withdraw liquidity from Europe and the US to undermine the banking system, which revolves around the euro and the dollar.” “Since we have decided not to celebrate Easter, but to grieve ourselves, I say with absolute certainty that the real explosive bomb will be Turkey,” thunders the pickaxe seriously. «I agree with you, Francesco – Andreotti intervenes – the next elections in Turkey are the key to everything. The latest polls put Erdogan’s opponents ahead of the curve, leaving him on the verge of a surprise attack. “My god, what do you mean? » interrupts Wojtyla, who has always understood a lot about anti-Russian foreign policy.
A.: «Erdogan will have to raise the tone of the confrontation by escalating the war in Ukraine and stoking tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan».
C.: “A frightening picture when we then think of the Russian influence in the Mediterranean region, where Africa is in danger of becoming a Russian-Chinese fiefdom for over 80% of its territory in the next two or three years”. Surprisingly, Giovanni Marcora – having been a partisan and the most listened-to agriculture minister in Europe in the mid-1970s – interjects in a warm voice: “And who is now telling our Giorgia Meloni, who continues to speak of a Mattei energy and nutritional plan… ?». At this point, a brilliant joke by Cossiga, who was always amused and impudent about political gossip, whether real or supposed, should not be missing.
C.: «Your Minister of Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigida, who is doing very well, seems to me to be preoccupied with other problems these days…» Saint John Paul shakes his head and whispers: «May God bless you».
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