Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi "left a good impression" at an EU summit Wednesday, with a letter outlining plans to tackle EU concerns over Rome's giant debts by November 15, Polish
Premier Donald Tusk said.

While Berlusconi's real battle will be to convince his 16 fellow eurozone states, Tusk said "Berlusconi and Italy were not a feature of the discussions" among the 27 EU member.

Al Jazeera's Claudio Lavanga reports from Rome.