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

No part of Italian society should see itself as exempt from the effort to save Italy from collapse.

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

No one, no social group, can today avoid the commitment to contribute to the clean up of public finances in order to prevent the financial collapse of Italy. The sacrifices will not be in vain, especially if the economy begins to grow again

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

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

It is a responsibility we perceive from the entire international community to protect the stability of the single currency as well as the European frame work.