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

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.

Italy needed structural reforms to become more competitive.

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

If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup of Europe would be a more probable outcome than deeper integration.

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

Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations.