I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what I did when I was prime minister last time in Italy and president of the European Commission for more than five years.

Prodi is also a member of the Club de Madrid an international organization of former democratic statesmen which works to strengthen democratic governance and leadership. On 12 September 2008 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon selected Prodi as president of the African Union-UN peacekeeping panel.