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

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

No one wants to lose their job, or cede the power they've acquired.

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.

Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power? In other words, not just a trading bloc but a political entity. Do we realise that our nation states, taken individually, would find it far more difficult to assert their existence and their identity on the world stage.

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.

Our continents unification is at hand and we must stand to account.