Posted by 
Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi is hosting the G8 and other world leaders in l’Aquila, Italy. Although some countries are showing leadership, the G8 as a whole are behind on their promises, and Mr. Berlusconi is easily the worst of the group. He has no credibility to lead this meeting. To date, has delivered only 3% of his 2005 promise to Africa. While other countries are making aid increases in an effort to keep their word, he has cut aid.
To some of us this is just par for the course, but to some it could mean the difference between life or death.
With this summit, he has a last chance to earn back some of his credibility. Prime Minister Berlusconi must act decisively in the next three days to start turning his miserable failure on development into something we can take seriously. He must restore the aid cut, find additional money for agriculture as he has promised, and budget for a serious plan to get back on track for delivering the commitment he made at the 2005.
Click here to sign our petition calling on Berlusconi to turn failure into the beginnings of success:
Petition:
Prime Minister Berlusconi,
This week, please take a step in the right direction by reversing your aid cut of €411m and providing an additional €350m for a new partnership to boost agriculture in the developing world.
With Italy’s track record, promises from Prime Minister Berlusconi will not be sufficient anymore. We are not asking him to make another promise, he needs to demonstrate that he will reverse the cut and deliver this new funding to help struggling farmers.
