Florence for me is not simply a city. Florence is a sentiment. And I think it's impossible to be a politician without sentiment.

Italians still know how to enjoy life, even as the country seems stuck in place.

Florence for me is not simply a city. Florence is a sentiment. And I think it's impossible to be a politician without sentiment.

Europe is nervous. Already rattled this year by the shock of the Brexit vote, the European Union needs stability in Italy, a country notorious for its instability.

We have a system in the hands of bureaucracy. Everything is difficult. Everything is complicated. And my idea is simply give simplicity to Italy.

The old politician maintain the chair for a lot of decades. So if we will lose the referendum, this is not a problem for me. It's a problem for the new generation of Italians. Because it's a lost opportunity.

It was my mistake in the first days of the electoral campaign. I understand the mistake. I don't accept that people who say, "Oh, politicians have to refuse to admit the mistakes." No. I am an, I am a man. I can make some mistakes.