politica dei due forni
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “policy of the two bakeries.”
Noun
[edit]politica dei due forni f (uncountable)
- (idiomatic) policy of maintaining relationships with two opposing sides simultaneously, often to gain advantages or remain flexible in negotiations; act of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds; act of buttering one's bread on both sides
- 2024 August 9, Marco Pasciuti, ““Attacchi di Kiev allontanano la pace”: Crosetto smarca l’Italia dalle posizioni Ue. Sulle armi resta la contraddizione: “Solo ad uso difensivo” ["Kiev's attacks are driving peace away": Crosetto distances Italy from the EU's positions. On weapons the contradiction remains: "Only for defensive purposes"]”, in il Fatto Quotidiano[1]:
- Una mancanza di trasparenza che consente al governo Meloni di continuare nella politica dei due forni vista fino a questo momento: stiamo con l’Ue e con la Nato, ma non vogliamo rovinare del tutto i nostri storici rapporti con Mosca.
- A lack of transparency that allows the Meloni government to continue to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, a strategy that she has been carrying out so far: We are with the EU and NATO, but we do not want to completely ruin our historical relationship with Moscow.