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.

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

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

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

It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one.

In the darkest days of European history, America stood close by us and today we stand close by America. Nothing will ever be the same.

European government is a clear expression I still use, you need time, but step by step, as in the Austrian case, the European Commission takes a political decision and behaves like a growing government.