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We would certainly encourage the Italian government to put forward an ambitious agenda of reform.

I'm aware of the urgency to give Italy a government in the fullness of its powers, to reassure the citizens, and to face with utmost commitment and determination international, economic and social priorities.

I like my country, but I don't think like an Italian. It's a complex, complicated difficult country to make things happen in.

These new young politicians have given us the confidence to start dreaming again to believe there is a better politics, and a better future for Italy in general.

Take care, these Italians, full of failings, are neither you, nor me; they are your neighbors, the ones you meet on the staircase and whom you do not like to greet.

As an Italian-American, I have a special responsibility to be sensitive to ethnic stereotypes.

I'm very attached to my roots, but I feel Italian more than anything else.

Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.

I like the world, but I feel very, very Italian. I love the small parts of my country: Tuscany, Capri in the winter. I don't like big towns.