The principal of unity and indivisibility of the republic are the essential reference points.

It's not just we Italians who are caught up in the difficulty.

Now is the time to show maximum responsibility. It is not the time to pay off old scores nor for sterile partisan recriminations. It is time to re-establish a climate of calmness and mutual respect.

If the constitutional process is not brought to a successful conclusion before the European elections, then the whole process might run out of steam.

The principal of unity and indivisibility of the republic are the essential reference points.

The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions.

We owe it to our children to give them a dignified and hopeful future.