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
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The absence of political personalities in the government will help rather than hinder a solid base of support for the government in parliament and in the political parties because it will remove one ground for disagreement.
italian government helping
I hope that my government can help change Italian mentality.
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.
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.
government vote individual
As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments of the 15 member states, and undergone individual scrutiny and a vote of confidence from the European Parliament.
government aspiration credible
My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible.
two government priorities
The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption.
almost cooperation
We had excellent, almost daily, cooperation with the DoJ.
believe partial
I don't believe we're seeing the beginning of a divergence. We have seen a partial divergence on this case.
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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.
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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.
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Italy has piled up huge public debt because the successive governments were too close to the life of ordinary citizens, too willing to please the requests of everybody, thereby acting against the interests of future generations.
among considered german italian meant rarely received
I have always been considered to be the most German among Italian economists, which I always received as a compliment, but was rarely meant to be one.
fiscal prefer
First of all, I don't like to speak about austerity. I'd prefer to speak of fiscal discipline. Fiscal discipline, in the end, amounts to austerity if it is not accompanied by other policies.