(KIKA) - ROME - After the statements of political leaders of the parties as a result of consultations with the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano came also the time of the new Prime Minister Mario Monti. The economy has appeared before reporters present at the Quirinale, and said: "I intend to fulfill this task with great sense of responsibility and service to our country, at a time of particular difficulty for Italy, in a framework European and world disturbed, the country must overcome the challenge of the ransom has to be made and must be more and more elements of strength, not weakness, of a European Union of which we were founded and of which we must be leaders. Our efforts will be directed to restore the financial situation, to resume the path of growth in a context of increased attention to social equity. We owe it to our children, we must give them a concrete future of dignity and hope. "