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.

We are involved in a constitution-building process of historic importance. The Convention should mark a new stage in European integration.

The problem of Italy is not really a question of age. Japan has an older population, and it is now in full economic recovery. The problem is that Italy is old in the structure of the society.

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

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

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.

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.