Tod's Group president and CEO
Diego Della Valle, who financed the 25-million-euro restoration
of the Colosseum, told the Financial Times in an interview
Thursday that out of six government ministers he met with, four
were imbeciles.
"Ever since I began talking about the restoration of the
Colosseum I met with six ministers," he said.
"Of these, at least four were imbeciles - useless people who
just happened to be there," he said.
The owner of the upscale shoe company added the problem
lies with the nature of Italy's political machinery.
"For 30 years or maybe more, Italy's administrative
apparatus has been so mismanaged it's easier for us in the
private sector to say: move over...we'll take care of it," the
shoe king said.
Della Valle also announced he will open the headquarters
of his new political movement, called We Italians, in Milan in
October.
"It sounds like a party, but it isn't," he clarified.
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