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We have a Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales, both elected by fairer votes - involving proportional representation.

I've been to Sardinia about 10 times because my wife, my daughter and I used to go every year with another family. We rented the same house each time in Villasimius in the southern part of the island, and always went to the same two beaches and same three restaurants.

Sardinia is beautiful. The people were so friendly, and the food was incredible! I also loved Florence. I spent two months there as part of a school study-abroad program. On the weekends, we would get to travel wherever we wanted, so I would explore. That was a magical time.

We had extremely democratic town councils in medieval Italy which knew the value of working together, and every now and then, down the centuries, this spirit returns.

I don't go back home to Sardinia as much as I would like, just for Christmas and family events.

Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.

It is true that I entered parliament at the age of 23, and have now been representing the people of my constituency for over twenty years.

The Commission has five commissioners from each side, plus three alternates, so all together sixteen members, people who are independent from the two governments, who have a lot of integrity, professional competence, and who have credibility in their respective countries.

My father's parents were from Sardinia and my mother's from Barcelona.