And today, the day after the election, I am going to ride to the cemetery so that if asked, I can vouch for the fact that the world is still spinning but my father lies at peace.

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My colleagues in parliament and in government can vouch for the fact that I have been a longstanding champion of reform, swift privatisation and liberalisation of Italy's then very large state sector to the extent that I ran into some opposition from the left of my own party in the past.

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