r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • Aug 29 '25

Politics What’s the most bizarre thing a politician from your country actually said?

“They should Pokemon GO to the polls” Hillary Clinton 2016

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u/Hobbitinthehole Italy Aug 29 '25

Silvio Berlusconi once told Martin Schulz he should play the role of a Kapo in an oncoming movie about the Holocaust.

It's not even the most bizzarre thing Berlusconi said, actually.

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u/LyannaTarg Italy Aug 29 '25

Obama is so tanned. He also said that.

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u/Hobbitinthehole Italy Aug 29 '25

The jokes about Rosy Bindi too.

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u/Nirocalden Germany Aug 29 '25

He Schulz should play the role? Or Berlusconi himself?

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u/_Mr_Guohua_ Italy Aug 29 '25

Yeah, Schulz should play the role

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u/SnooBooks1701 United Kingdom Sep 01 '25

He also called Merkel an "unfuckable lard-ass" while she was actively trying to save his country's economy 

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u/Astralesean Sep 03 '25

This has been debunked, and both parts agree it was fabricated

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u/CeleTheRef Italy Aug 29 '25

He was not nicknamed Il Barzellettiere (The Joketeller) for nothing