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… — Mario Monti Copy Share Image
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 Monti Copy Share Image
It is rather unusual for Italy to be at the forefront of pro-market initiatives. — Mario Monti Copy Share
I have always been considered to be the most German among Italian economists, which I always received as a compliment, but was rarely meant… — Mario Monti Copy Share
Much of what Germany and France have done in the rescue of Greece has also helped German and French banks, who for a long… — Mario Monti Copy Share
As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments of the… — Mario Monti Copy Share
I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for their many qualities. — Mario Monti Copy Share
Italy has piled up huge public debt because the successive governments were too close to the life of ordinary citizens, too willing to please… — Mario Monti Copy Share
Growth in any individual European country has to be the result of policies for growth pursued in that country consistent with budgetary discipline. — Mario Monti Copy Share
I know this isn't a widespread view in the Anglo Saxon world, but I believe that much of the reconciliation between more centralized governance… — Mario Monti Copy Share
There was in Italy a hidden demand for a boring government which would try to tell the truth in non-political jargon. — Mario Monti Copy Share
My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible. — Mario Monti Copy Share
Italy even in the future will not need aid from the European Financial Stability Fund. — Mario Monti Copy Share
Like other antitrust agencies we make our assessment of a merger or antitrust case based on its impact on our jurisdiction, and not on… — Mario Monti Copy Share
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… — Mario Monti Copy Share
