Beyond infrastructure, ministers and regional and local authorities should use all the tools at their disposal to promote the safer sharing of the road between drivers and cyclists.
The coalition has thought about changing it for five years and discovered the task was beyond its ministers, as he well knows.
"With his talent, his dedication, the exceptional results he achieved both nationally and internationally during the course of his long career, he was, and will remain, a reference point for the entire country and beyond," said Prime Minister Enrico Letta in a statement.
Sky News reported on Wednesday that senior ministers were "beyond despair" that the chief whip was still in his job despite his row.
So when Tony Blair decided to use the World Economic Forum in Davos to unveil his messianic agenda for 2005 and beyond, the British prime minister managed to provoke not only (as usual) his finance minister and main domestic rival, Gordon Brown, but also his senior competitor in continental Europe, Jacques Chirac, the president of France.
Going well beyond Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's recent comments about the superiority of Western civilization, she wrote: "We might as well admit it.
Mr. Abe did not give specifics beyond directing his ministers to help resolve the water problem, which he said was causing public anxiety.
Mr. Ahmadinejad could face trouble in the coming days, because dismissing ministers, beyond a certain point, triggers a parliamentary vote of confidence on the cabinet.
An obvious long-term solution would be for the EU to harmonise fuel taxes across Europe, something way beyond the transport ministers' current remit, and an idea that would enrage Euro-sceptics.
Beyond that, several ministers have pushed for legislation to reserve spots at other types of schools as well as jobs in private companies for people belonging to disadvantaged groups.
