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

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

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.

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

The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption.

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

Italy needed structural reforms to become more competitive.