Mr Tremonti, the economic architect, became no more than a plumber, pluggingleaks in the government finances with quick budgetary fixes, such as the sale of state assets or a tax amnesty for Italians with money stashed abroad.
Locating a ship resting on the floor of the ocean for many decades is somewhat different than finding a submersible to get to that depth and plugging many leaks in a riser pipe and in a blowout preventer.