Italy is divided between us and them, rich and poor, north and south, young and old, employed and unemployed.

Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well.

Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized.

The Italian economy is certainly the weakest of the big European countries.

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe.

The EU must take on new responsibilities. And these new responsibilities call for intensifying the integration process.

I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what I did when I was prime minister last time in Italy and president of the European Commission for more than five years.