Italy's former prime minister Romano Prodi also spoke of his concern. He says what is taking place is a conflict between food and fuel, with disastrous social consequences.

普罗迪说，现在发生的事情是食品与燃料的冲突，结果导致灾难性的社会后果。

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Each time, his nemesis was another quietly-spoken economics professor with impeccable European credentials: Romano Prodi.

他的主要对手又是默不作声的持有无懈可击的欧洲证书的经济学教授罗马诺·普罗迪。

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Now, somewhat unsurprisingly, Italy's prime minister, Romano Prodi, is due to visit Kazakhstan in October.

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Former prime ministers Romano Prodi and Massimo D'Alema received 14 and 12 votes respectively.

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Whatever the reason, Romano Prodi, head of the European Commission, is behaving increasingly oddly.

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