We have to give ourselves a constitution which marks the birth of Europe as a political entity.

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.

Think what a revolution it will be if we manage to get everyone to pay their taxes.

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

We must now face the difficult task of moving towards a single economy, a single political entity .. For the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire we have the opportunity to unite Europe.

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

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.