Italy needs responsibility - Mattarella

(ANSA) - Rome, October 18 - President Sergio Mattarella on Friday called on Italy's political class to show a sense of responsibility. The head of State told the Assolombarda business association that Italy needs "constructive dialogue and a high sense of responsibility by the political world, the institutions, businesses, associations and civil society for conscious decisions with a long-term vision of the collective interest." He added that is was his duty to act as the "guardian of the Constitution".