Mr. Koizumi's task is enormous and cannot wait,

You have ultra-nationalists, fascists and former communists in both these countries.

There must be protection for the little people. People working in the ports, the railway drivers, craftsmen, nurses in hospitals, they need somebody in this deregulated Europe that will protect them.

Suffice it to say that Berlusconi would do best to resign,

Markets have priced in a positive outcome of the elections.

If (EU) member or candidate states actively contributed to, or connived in, illegal transports and torture, or illegal prisons on their territory, that must be investigated and the necessary consequences drawn.