Mario Monti
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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
proved seems several suspicions
It seems that our suspicions are proved correct, at least in several countries.
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.
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.
guess however
Try to guess my answer to that question, however temptingly you pose it.
associated brings countries leadership plus rather survive
So I think democracy, in the long-term, in our countries will survive if it comes to be associated with leadership, will not survive if democracy plus media brings to us more and more followship rather than leadership.
areas beneficial benefit european feels full fully good less others therefore uk
The more the UK feels distanced from European construction the less others are able to benefit from the full influence of the many good things that the UK can help us all to achieve, and therefore there are many areas where I think it would be beneficial to have the UK fully at the table.
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.