15 Mario Monti Quotes for You to Enjoy

Mario Monti

Italian Public Servant

Born: Mar 19, 1943

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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 FTC, do. Mario Monti

Justice Other Our Exactly Exactly What Impact Case Merger Like Make Antitrust Department Jurisdiction Nationality Justice Department Agencies Companies Based Assessment

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. 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

Seen Beginning Believe Seeing Case Divergence Partial

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. Mario Monti

Government Way Members Kind Ministers Fact Through Cabinet Go Modeled Where In Fact Confirmation Confirmed Process Which Europe

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

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. Mario Monti

Government Political Will Remove Solid Rather Absence Parliament Disagreement Support Parties Hinder Because Political Parties Than Personalities Ground Help Base

Much of what Germany and France have done in the rescue of Greece has also helped German and French banks, who for a long time were major creditors for Greece and Greek banks. Mario Monti

Time Long Long Time France Major Also French Were German Greece Germany Greek Done Banks Much Rescue Who Helped Creditors

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

Will More Come Italy Goes Spain Scrutiny Even

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

Think Sphere See More Area Like Budgetary Policies Centralization

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 European Parliament. Mario Monti

Democracy World Will Stronger Control Believe Resolved Saxon Reconciliation Anglo-Saxon More Through Parliament Between Know Democratic Governance Scope Role Centralized Much View European Even Widespread

The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption. Mario Monti

Government Corruption Tackling Greatest Priorities Tax Evasion Two

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

Speak Discipline First Other About Like First Of All Policies Fiscal Accompanied Austerity End In The End Prefer Amount

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. Mario Monti

Leadership Democracy Will Think Our Plus Rather More More And More Long-Term Countries Survive Than Us Media Brings Associated

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