On Europe: "We have stopped moving forward with community-wide integration, and instead have taken steps back. Italy and Europe must proceed along a path of change, that certainly also regards the institutions, without overstating the economic and financial consequences of one choice or another".
On the public accounts: "The constraints to our fiscal policy do not derive from the European regulations, but from the high level of public debt and the need to refinance it, raising large amounts every year in the market."
"Today, after a period of reform lasting twenty years and ending with that of 2011, the pension system is financially balanced."
On banks: "The nationality of the shareholders is not important but rather their ability to guarantee stability."
