According to Tremonti, what Italy needs are a "new European protectionism" against unfair competition from developing countries and a rightwing "New Deal" that rejects independent enforcement of antitrust laws in favor of corporatist ideas.
Giulio Tremonti, Berlusconiho ministr hospodářství a financí a ideolog aliance s xenofobní stranou Lega Nord Umberta Bossiho, prohlásil nedávno v interview: ,,Rozlučme se s utopií privatizace.