Michael D'Arcy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

And he says:

At one point that Fall, a few European officials approach us with a scheme to try to force Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi out of power. They wanted us to refuse to support IMF loans to Italy until he was gone. We told the President about this surprising invitation, but as helpful as it would have been to have better leadership in Europe, we couldn't get involved in a scheme like that. We [couldn't] have his blood on our hands.

European officials, are they-----