Italy knows it needs harmony.

After a government short on political substance and long on media activity, Italy shall move on again ... Its foreign role and contribution must be resumed with vision, steadfastness and realism if it wants to do its share and avoid being cut off from the active participants in world affairs.

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

Italy is divided between us and them, rich and poor, north and south, young and old, employed and unemployed.

We have won by a whisker, now we must begin to govern.

We demonstrated and will continue to demonstrate our complete solidarity with the government and people of the United States. I would not like there to be any doubt about that.