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

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

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

Berlusconi is no longer fit to lead our country.

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.

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.