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There are countries that are near ours which are in the situation which we all know. I want to say that this is not the case of Spain now and it will not be in the future.

We are a trading nation, and we are trading with Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland.

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe.

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

I do not separate France from Europe.

You may have the universe if I may have Italy.

Italy will never be a normal country. Because Italy is Italy. If we were a normal country, we wouldn't have Rome. We wouldn't have Florence. We wouldn't have the marvel that is Venice.

If Spain goes under, Italy will come under even more scrutiny.