The Italian economy has been held back for decades.

There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed.

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

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.

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

Italy needed structural reforms to become more competitive.