Mario Monti

It is rather unusual for Italy to be at the forefront of pro-market initiatives.

— Mario Monti

I have always been considered to be the most German among Italian economists, which I always received as a compliment, but was…

— Mario Monti

Much of what Germany and France have done in the rescue of Greece has also helped German and French banks, who for…

— Mario Monti

As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments…

— Mario Monti

I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for their many qualities.

— Mario Monti

Italy has piled up huge public debt because the successive governments were too close to the life of ordinary citizens, too willing…

— Mario Monti

Growth in any individual European country has to be the result of policies for growth pursued in that country consistent with budgetary…

— Mario Monti

I know this isn't a widespread view in the Anglo Saxon world, but I believe that much of the reconciliation between more…

— Mario Monti

There was in Italy a hidden demand for a boring government which would try to tell the truth in non-political jargon.

— Mario Monti

My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible.

— Mario Monti

Italy even in the future will not need aid from the European Financial Stability Fund.

— Mario Monti

I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership.

— Mario Monti

Like other antitrust agencies we make our assessment of a merger or antitrust case based on its impact on our jurisdiction, and…

— Mario Monti

First of all, I don't like to speak about austerity. I'd prefer to speak of fiscal discipline. Fiscal discipline, in the end,…

— Mario Monti

Italy needed structural reforms to become more competitive.

— Mario Monti

If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.

— Mario Monti

Try to guess my answer to that question, however temptingly you pose it.

— Mario Monti

Europe has to avoid old prejudices and new ones. That means north versus south, rich versus poor.

— Mario Monti

The Italian economy has been held back for decades.

— Mario Monti

This is certainly not the first case in which a merger approved in one place hasn't gone through in the other. There…

— Mario Monti

If Spain goes under, Italy will come under even more scrutiny.

— Mario Monti

In the area of macroeconomic policies, I think we'll see more centralization, like in the budgetary sphere.

— Mario Monti

A lot of the American press at the time was saying 'just watch what happens when Bertelsmann tries to buy EMI, that…

— Mario Monti

The more the UK feels distanced from European construction the less others are able to benefit from the full influence of the…

— Mario Monti

Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment…

— Mario Monti