Berlusconi, Is François Hollande stealing the show from you?

Monday, 20 January 2014. Rumours has it Berlusconi's post of “chief clown” (and sleazy politician) of Europe might be at risk, due to François Hollande latest moves.

The rivalry between Italians and Frenchmen is not a novelty, but an escalation of the old competition might be expected... on quite new territory and high level.

Mr Berlusconi – who is pretty a narcissistic person - has clearly been taking care that everybody (in Europe and in the world) know he is the biggest politician-womaniser ever. The pro-Berlusconi Italian newspaper “Il Giornale” likened him to JFK, one of the most famous roué in recent history.

François Hollande and his Italian-made scooter: is he stealing the show from Berlusconi (I mean Hollande, not the scooter)? 

Berlusconi – and quite a few Italians, like Silvio's associate Giuliano Ferrara (and he showed it! Look at this...) – are evidently proud of it (I mean Italian machismo and chauvinism is in the news, everyday. Look at Berlusconi doing work on this video on our YouTube channel!). And now this Frenchman, this François Hollande (they never liked each other, as you can see on this post...), comes up with a new sweetheart – an actress, Julie Gayet, 20 years his junior - who he has been meeting with for quite a while. And not only he is cheating on his current partner, journalist Valérie Trierweiler, but since the present First Lady was a concubine herself (when their love story begun, politician Ségolène Royal was Francois' lawful wife), well, that makes a pretty stunning performance, isn't it? 

Icing on the cake, French President and unrepentant philanderer François Hollande's choice of transportation when visiting the attractive Julie: a chauffeur-driven Italian-made scooter! That is a clear challenge to two of the pillars of Italian society: women and scooters. (Note: For motorbikes' fans we add that the scooter was a three-wheel Piaggio MP3, prices at about $9,000).

Meanwhile former French President Nicolas Sarkozy he is rubbing his hands. He dubbed Hollande as “the ridiculous president”, hinting also to the fact that when the affair was revealed “le president” was about to admit his failures as a politician and introduce a series of measures that deny his self confidence at the beginning of the mandate.

Good news for Mr Sarkozy, who sees his chances to become the next President of France increase (oddly enough the previous challenger of Sarkozy – Mr Strauss-Kahn – was also taken off the competition by a sex scandal...).

Who is Europe's top concubine? Hollande's Gayet (left) or Berlusconi's Pascale (right)?

By the way can you imagine Silvio Berlusconi scooting around Rome (or Milan, for that matters) on a Vespa in order to meet up with his women? Naaaaa! And, by the way, since good old Silvio met his current girlfriend (rumour has it they already married), Francesca Pascale, he is walking the line: no bunga-bunga parties, no women, he became a family-loving, church-going and pet-walking old gentleman. Apparently.

Yet Berlusconi might be considering the next steps, he won't allow a Frenchmen to nick his leading position as the most entertaining politician of Europe!