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For me, it would be a pride, a joy, a thrill to be chosen by you and President Sergio Mattarella as prime minister of this extraordinary country.
Found on Reuters 1 year ago
I have made numerous proposals, all of a high level, all rejected by the left.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is not the ‘justice’ that Italians deserve, it is a punch in the stomach that leaves you breathless.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Unlike others we don’t think just saying no gets you anywhere, the best interest of the country must come before any personal or party interest.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
We want to be part of a government that goes to Brussels keeping its head high in the name of the national interest.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
That is crazy, it's a lack of respect for people, magistrates, journalists, policemen and victims of the mafia.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
If they decide to revoke the concession, we will support that, the important thing is that they need to make a decision.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Let's let a judge decide, let's leave this hall, and let him decide. Now the emperor is without clothes, you can go forward for the next few months or weeks but in a democracy judgment is given by the people, i can no longer pass as a criminal, there is a limit to everything.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I have chosen against my own interests ... to go to court and rely on the impartiality of the judiciary.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We did everything humanly possible and even a bit more.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I don't feel defeated, you can win and you can lose but if I lose I'll be happy anyway and I'll work twice as hard.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Are we or are we not a sovereign country, free to protect its borders, its beaches !
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The only thing that unites them( M5S and PD) is their hatred of the League, the truth is that 60 million Italians are being held hostage by 100 parliamentarians who are dead scared of losing their seats.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Spanish NGO, Spanish ship, Spanish port: The coherence and strength of Italy has paid off. We are no longer the refugee camp of Europe.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
With our government (pension reform plans) are untouchable... it will rather be necessary to reassess the citizen's income.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We close in style, with the promise made to Italians, we will cut 345 lawmakers and then, for the sake of dignity, honesty and coherence, we will go straight to a vote.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The goal of the next government is to set a 15% tax rate for many Italians. If the European Union lets us do it so much the better, if not we'll do it anyway.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
They refused water so that they could declare the state of emergency ... we won't be intimidated.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I'm not authorizing people who ignore Italian laws and help human traffickers to disembark.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If someone is used to considering Italy a dumping site for all the problems Europe pretends not to see, that's over. And this applies to the French and the Dutch.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Dear German government, I'm not reopening the ports ... if anything we're going to put ... (the migrants) in a car and take them to the German embassy, if someone is used to considering Italy a dumping site for all the problems Europe pretends not to see, that's over. And this applies to the French and the Dutch.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
She tried to sink a police launch with officers on board at night, they say were saving lives, but they risked killing these human beings who were doing their job, its clear from the videos.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We will continue to hunt down Morabito, wherever he is, to throw him in jail as he deserves.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We will try to convince the EU with numbers and by being polite. But we will cut taxes regardless and they are just going to have to get used to the idea.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
At a time when European Union institutions are fragile and changing significantly, Italy wants to be the first, most solid, valid, credible and coherent partner for the United States.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
All's well, it was a good meeting. Our shared goal is to avoid the infringement while safeguarding economic growth, employment, as well as tax cuts, there won't be any budget correction nor tax increases.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We dont want to fight with anyone. We are not interested in polemics. We are concrete people and we defend the interests of Italians.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The Mediterranean is not only about Italy, Greece or Spain. But Germany France too. And Germany France has to do Germany France part.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The latest shipwreck is proof that if you reopen the ports more people will die.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If the Germans and the Austrians are thinking only about sending migrants back to us, helping us close the external borders first would be a step forward.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Our position is to block in any way possible the trafficking of human beings, we've done more than anyone else (to take in sea borne migrants). That's enough. It's someone else's turn.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
What is certain is that for Italy there is no plan to take back who has gone abroad. It's the last thing that could happen, if the Germans and the Austrians are thinking only about sending migrants back to us, helping us close the external borders first would be a step forward.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The goal is to change Europe and give voice to those populations that are cut down by those who only ever cared about financial outcomes and the multinationals and who have offered us a future of precariousness and fear.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
You( Lifeline) did a show of strength by contravening the indications of the Italian and Libyan coast guard. Now, you'll carry this human load to the Netherlands.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I want to save lives but I’m paid by Italians to defend thesafety of Italian citizens. I don’t accept there are organizations ofpseudo-volunteers that endanger the lives of those who flee Africa and thenthink to disembark them all in Italy.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
You did a show of strength by contravening the indications of the Italian and Libyan coastguard. Now, you'll carry this human load to the Netherlands, i want to save lives but I'm paid by Italians to defend the safety of Italian citizens. I don't accept there are organizations of pseudo-volunteers that endanger the lives of those who flee Africa and then think to disembark them all in Italy.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The Italian Roma, unfortunately, you have to keep in Italy.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I am having the Interior Ministry prepare a dossier on the Roma situation in Italy, we will try to understand how we can intervene, doing what years ago was called the census, we can now call it the registry or the situation, a picture -- to understand what we are dealing with.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We know that Italy does not want to be complicit in the business of clandestine immigration, and they will have to look for other ports to go to.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
They should know that Italy no longer wants to be an accomplice in the business of illegal immigration and therefore they will have to aim for other, non-Italian, ports.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
With my German and Austrian colleagues... we will propose a new (immigration) initiative.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Saving lives at sea is a duty, but transforming Italy into an enormous refugee camp is not, italy is done bowing its head and obeying. This time there's someone saying no.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
My aim is to guarantee a peaceful life for these youths in Africa and for our children in Italy.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It's clear and obvious that Italy has been abandoned, now we have to see facts.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I hope we can launch a government, we'll see in the coming hours.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The earlier we vote the better because it's the best way to get out of this quagmire and confusion.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
In a democracy, if we are still in democracy, there's only one thing to do, let the Italians have their say, i was informed of the request by the political parties to hold an early election. I will evaluate that request in the coming hours, and I will take an initiative.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
In a democracy, if we are still in democracy, there's only one thing to do, let the Italians have their say.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I am certainly not going to ask for votes from the PD.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
ITALY'S BERLUSCONI ADOPTS TRUMP'S RHETORIC AS ELECTION NEARS, CALLS MIGRANTS A 'SOCIAL BOMB' The coalition leaders have said whichever party gets the most votes will get to choose the prime minister. Berlusconi has said he would appoint longtime ally and European Parliament President Antonio Tajani. Should the League get more votes, that would open the door to Salvini being prime minister. However, that is unlikely if the polls are accurate, and there are indications that Salvini and Berlusconi are more likely to hash out a deal where Salvini gets a migration-focused position at the Interior Department. Give me the interior ministry for three months and you'll see what order and cleanliness I bring back from north to south all over Italy.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
This is the umpteenth, monstrous conflict of interest of this government.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I am ready to challenge Renzi tomorrow morning. Voters who choose the League are choosing a movement with courage which I think will govern Italy.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The problem isn't Renzi, Renzi is a pawn, Renzi is a dumb slave, at the disposal of some nameless person who wants to control all our lives from Brussels.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
There's nothing to be reformed in Brussels. It's run by a group of people who hate the Italian people and economy in particular.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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