Mario Monti quotes
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“It is rather unusual for Italy to be at the forefront of pro-market initiatives.”
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“The Italian economy has been held back for decades.”
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“I hope that my government can help change Italian mentality.”
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“In the area of macroeconomic policies, I think we'll see more centralization, like in the budgetary sphere.”
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“If Spain goes under, Italy will come under even more scrutiny.”
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“I believe that reforms will not really take hold if they do not gradually come into the culture of the people.”
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“It is very unusual for a country to ask guys who are not politicians to come and run the country.”
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“Europe has to avoid old prejudices and new ones. That means north versus south, rich versus poor.”
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“I know that speaking with parties, which I do, but not very often, is seen by many as a contamination.”
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“Growth in any individual European country has to be the result of policies for growth pursued in that country consistent with budgetary discipline.”
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“Italy even in the future will not need aid from the European Financial Stability Fund.”
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“The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption.”
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“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.”
-- Mario MontiSource : "'A Front Line Between North and South'". Interview with Fiona Ehlers and Hans Hoyng, www.spiegel.de. August 06, 2012.
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“There was in Italy a hidden demand for a boring government which would try to tell the truth in non-political jargon.”
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“I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for their many qualities.”
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“If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.”
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“Italy needed structural reforms to become more competitive.”
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“My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible.”
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“Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro.”
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“A lot of the American press at the time was saying 'just watch what happens when Bertelsmann tries to buy EMI, that will be a moment of truth that will show the Commission's true colors.' Well, that deal never happened either.”
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“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.”
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“I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership.”
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“I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I would say junior institution to the historical antitrust experience of the US.”
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“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.”
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“This is certainly not the first case in which a merger approved in one place hasn't gone through in the other. There was a case last year where the merger between two EU companies was approved here and blocked in the U.S.”
-- Mario Monti
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