The Italian economy has been held back for decades.

Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro.

This is certainly not the first case in which a merger approved in one place hasn't gone through in the other. There was a case last year where the merger between two EU companies was approved here and blocked in the U.S.

Europe has to avoid old prejudices and new ones. That means north versus south, rich versus poor.

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

I hope that my government can help change Italian mentality.

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