Padoa-Schioppa said he would step down as president of the IMFC because of the recent fall of the Italian government which meant he would soon lose his job as economy minister.

• 当被问及他是否将继续担任IMFC的领导人时，他说：“我相信不会的，这个职位必须是政府部长，而不久我将不再是一名部长了”。