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

It is rather unusual for Italy to be at the forefront of pro-market initiatives.

I hope that my government can help change Italian mentality.

A lot of the American press at the time was saying 'just watch what happens when Bertelsmann tries to buy EMI, that will be a moment of truth that will show the Commission's true colors.' Well, that deal never happened either.

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.

The Italian economy has been held back for decades.

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