Quotes by Mario Monti

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Mario Monti is 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.
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Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations.

Mario Monti

I don't believe we're seeing the beginning of a divergence. We have seen a partial divergence on this case.

Mario Monti

Like other antitrust agencies we make our assessment of a merger or antitrust case based on its impact on our jurisdiction, and not on the nationality of the companies. This is exactly what the U.S. antitrust agencies, the Justice Department and the ...

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 was a case last year where the merger between two EU companies was approved here and blocked in the U.S.

Mario Monti

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

Mario Monti

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

Mario Monti

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

Mario Monti

I know that speaking with parties, which I do, but not very often, is seen by many as a 'contamination.'

Mario Monti

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.

Mario Monti

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

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 centralized governance and the scope for democracy - democratic control - will be resolved through an even stronger role of the E...

Mario Monti

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

It is very unusual for a country to ask guys who are not politicians to come and run the country.

Mario Monti

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

Mario Monti

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

Mario Monti

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

Mario Monti

Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro.

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, amounts to austerity if it is not accompanied by other policies.

Mario Monti

I believe that reforms will not really take hold if they do not gradually come into the culture of the people.

Mario Monti

I understand that Italy could have been associated with the idea of an undisciplined country in the past.

Mario Monti

Author Bio

  • NameMario Monti
  • DescriptionItalian economist and politician
  • BornMarch 19, 1943
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionEconomist; Politician
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic; Knight Grand Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic; Robert Schuman Medal