I am and I will remain a populist, because those who listen to the people are doing their job, whereas the radical chic who disgust workers are no longer wanted by the people.

I don't do my job as minister based on polls.

Changing Europe is a big goal. But I think it is at our fingertips.

Who would have thought we would be part of a winning coalition in Molise and Sicily? That we would win in places like Siena, Viterbo, Pisa, and Terni?

When I talk about the ability for fintech to promote kind of economic growth and productive citizens coming in, using different data and being able to lend to small businesses, see those small businesses start to grow - of course, that means more money for their families, you know, the small-business owner families. They start to hire people.

They're making a ton of money, and no one is getting a nickel.

It's not about the money for me.

A boatload of government money is indeed a gift. Unless, I suppose, you're one of the saps paying for the cargo.