Mario Monti
Mario Monti
Mario Monti, OMRIis an Italian economist who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from 2011 to 2013, leading a government of technocrats in the wake of the Italian debt crisis...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth19 March 1943
CountryItaly
attempts authors statement
That statement was not addressed to the authors of political statements. I said that I deplore attempts to misinform the public and to /trigger/ political intervention. And there were such attempts.
proved seems several suspicions
It seems that our suspicions are proved correct, at least in several countries.
certainty constant legal
It's important to have constant application and legal certainty.
less outright surprising tempted threats
As 'moral suasion' or veiled threats become less effective, it is not surprising that governments feel more tempted to use outright opposition.
aerospace competition higher industry prices reduced resulted ultimately
The merger... would have severely reduced competition in the aerospace industry and resulted ultimately in higher prices for customers, particularly airlines.
develop diversity music online services
Yes, online music services should develop rapidly, but with a diversity of service providers.
assessment guarantees-that competition
Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations.
italian economy has-beens
The Italian economy has been held back for decades.
europe government way
There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed.
reform needed
Italy needed structural reforms to become more competitive.
spain scrutiny ifs
If Spain goes under, Italy will come under even more scrutiny.
breakup europe government
If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup of Europe would be a more probable outcome than deeper integration.
avenue regret
We regret that this avenue had not been pursued.
clearly fiscally policy stimulated
What will growth policy have to look like in a fiscally compacted Europe? Clearly any illusion of budget stimulated growth policy will have to go away.