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

My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible.

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

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

The Italian economy has been held back for decades.

I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership.

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