Draghi: 'There Is No Sovereignty In Solitude'

PM Mario Draghi delivering a speech to the Italian Senate presently (link in Italian). Selected comments below.

• Pushes back at claims from right-wing FdI that the gov't is illegitimate: "We're all here as citizens. That's the spirit of the Republic. Those who say this government is a failure of the political system, allow me to disagree."
• "The government will make reforms and deal with the emergency. Our duty is to fight the pandemic by all means and safeguard the lives of our citizens: a trench where we all fight together, the virus is the enemy of all."
• Makes it clear that his gov't will not be in place for the long term: "Important decisions can be made in a short time, the time in power can also be wasted in an attempt to preserve it."
• ""A government born as a founding member of the EU and respectful of the Atlantic Alliance. Supporting this government means sharing the increasingly integrated European Union. Shared membership"
• "Supporting this government means sharing the irreversibility of the choice of the euro, it means sharing the prospect of an increasingly integrated European Union. There is no sovereignty in solitude."
• Following the speech Draghi and his gov't will face a confidence vote, which is expected to gain one of the largest majorities in post-war Italian history.