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- Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told that only his cabinet can deliver the nation's promised austerity cuts as European leaders demand the country's government to do its part in combating Europe's debt crisis.
"Only I and my government can achieve this reform programme for 18 months, which is why there is no way for me to stand aside," the Italian leader told the newspaper Corriere della Sera.
Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker insisted that Italy should deliver "substantial structural reform." "We're watching very closely," Juncker said in an interview on Germany's ARD on Sunday. "Italy can't simply do what suits it, but rather act as we've agreed together."