Italy even in the future will not need aid from the European Financial Stability Fund.

It is very unusual for a country to ask guys who are not politicians to come and run the country.

There was in Italy a hidden demand for a boring government which would try to tell the truth in non-political jargon.

In the area of macroeconomic policies, I think we'll see more centralization, like in the budgetary sphere.

If Spain goes under, Italy will come under even more scrutiny.

I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I would say junior institution to the historical antitrust experience of the US.

I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for their many qualities.