First of all there is the question of European Union relations with Russia in the context of the Ukraine crisis, but there are also questions about relations in the Mediterranean Sea region, the very grave situation in Libya, which I would like to discuss with you.

Matteo Renzi

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He is a person Italy can be proud of. by Matteo Renzi

He is a person Italy can be proud of.

The discussion on fingerprints is quite surreal. by Matteo Renzi

The discussion on fingerprints is quite surreal.

It's clear that what counts for France also counts for Italy. by Matteo Renzi

It's clear that what counts for France also counts for Italy.

It will take months, but we will have a single European policy on asylum, not as many policies as there are countries.

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It will take months, but we will have a single European policy on asylum, not as many policies as there are (EU) countries.

If we want to force through the text that has come from the lower house, then we have the numbers, as we always have had, but right up to the end, as we have always done, we will try to reach an agreement (with opponents).

We will look to use some of this. by Matteo Renzi

We will look to use some of this.

We need to create political decision makers. It isn't by multiplying posts that you multiply democracy.

This is the key reform for our country and we are convinced and p... by Matteo Renzi

This is the key reform for our country and we are convinced and proud of it.

For the first time we are spending more on schools instead of cut... by Matteo Renzi

For the first time we are spending more on schools instead of cutting.

We need to solve that issue if we want to avoid that people die and that the Mediterranean Sea becomes a cemetery.

I would like us to salute Napolitano, a committed Europeanist who in these hours will leave his post ... having led Italy with intelligence and wisdom.

The most important is the Europe of values, of culture, of ideals and that is the reason we are here.

If people think there's some sort of backroom deal, we will delay this measure until ... Berlusconi has finished his community service.

It's not a privatisation but a giveaway if state assets are sold when the market is not favourable, personally I believe that a further privatisation of Eni must be decided in light of market conditions.

Institutional continuity is vital. I committed myself personally once again to represent and guarantee that (continuity) for the length of this special period in which Italy holds the European presidency.

My dear democrats, you are not here to argue amongst yourselves, you are here to change Italy, we won't get bogged down and gaze at our navels.

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.

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There is in the DNA of the Italians a bit of madness, which in the overwhelming majority of cases is positive. It is genius. It is talent. It's the masterpieces of art. It's the food, fashion, everything that makes Italy great in the world.

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Italy remained attached to conservatism. It had a political class that lived in the past and didn't build the future. The past is our strength, but it risks becoming our ruin if we walk with our heads turned backwards.

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