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
adopted concerns decision formal means merger proposed second stage
This means at this stage we have some concerns about the proposed merger ... The formal decision of the second stage will be adopted before the end of this week,
animal biscuits commission covered damaging drinks due found multitude products range series sheer vitamins
This is the most damaging series of cartels the Commission has ever investigated due to the sheer range of vitamins covered which are found in a multitude of products from cereals, biscuits and drinks to animal feed, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics,
backed chief courage european executive eyebrows few king raised
A few years ago, if a European regulator had raised two eyebrows or even one, the chief executive would have backed off. The courage wasn't there. Now, in a sense, the king is naked.
effort future heart illegal lie networks prevent web
Server networks lie at the heart of the future of the Web and every effort must be made to prevent their monopolization through illegal practices,
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.
appears both commission fact fine highly leak microsoft regret sent speak statement
I highly regret what appears to be a leak of the statement of objections sent by the commission at the end of August, ... To speak of a fine when Microsoft has not yet disputed the commission's preliminary findings both in fact and law, as is it's right, is premature.
allowing aol company danger degree dominated five high integrated market music online resulting team three
In a music market already characterized by a high degree of consolidation, the danger which has been averted was that by allowing AOL to team up effectively with three of the five music majors, the resulting integrated company could have dominated the online music distribution market and music players.
attempts case impact political public trigger
I deplore attempts to misinform the public and to trigger political intervention. This is out of place in an anti-trust case and has no impact on the Commission.
unusual initiative
It is rather unusual for Italy to be at the forefront of pro-market initiatives.
needs financial aids
Italy even in the future will not need aid from the European Financial Stability Fund.
country discipline growth
Growth in any individual European country has to be the result of policies for growth pursued in that country consistent with budgetary discipline.
europe foundation projects
If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.
mean europe prejudice
Europe has to avoid old prejudices and new ones. That means north versus south, rich versus poor.
italian government helping
I hope that my government can help change Italian mentality.