Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi
Romano Prodi, OMRI; born 9 August 1939) is an Italian former politician and economist. He twice served as the Prime Minister of Italy, from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998 and from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008. He was also the tenth President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. He is nicknamed Il Professoredue to his occupation as professor of Economics at the University of Bologna...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth9 August 1939
CountryItaly
coming quick urgent winter
Winter is coming and we need to deliver, ... When there are urgent needs, we must give quick answers.
commission european good rapid speak
We need to take a good look at the accounts, speak to the European Commission and to take a rapid decision.
five stay
We will stay united, and we will stay so for five years.
bringing eu family member million states
We are bringing into the EU family 10 new member states and 75 million new EU citizens,
croatia satisfied
We are very satisfied because Croatia is going with us into Europe,
political world want
Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power - not just a trading bloc, but a political entity?
democracy information entanglement
Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized.
impossible economic introducing
I am sure the euro will oblige us to introduce a new set of economic policy instruments. It is politically impossible to propose that now. But some day there will be a crisis and new instruments will be created.
europe giving political
We have to give ourselves a constitution which marks the birth of Europe as a political entity.
responsibility process integration
The EU must take on new responsibilities. And these new responsibilities call for intensifying the integration process.
mean-girls world enlargement
Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well.
italian unhappiness terrible
There are terrible living conditions and unhappiness, (even) where everybody is Italian.
recovery japan age
The problem of Italy is not really a question of age. Japan has an older population, and it is now in full economic recovery. The problem is that Italy is old in the structure of the society.
perfect-one becoming constitution
It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one.