Mario Monti

Italy needed structural reforms to become more competitive. ↗

— Mario Monti

#competitive #italy #more #needed #reforms

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

#banks #creditors #done #france #french

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

— Mario Monti

#credible #government #loved #respected

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

— Mario Monti

#greeks #necessary #ready #stay #whatever

That statement was not addressed to the authors of political statements. I said that I deplore attempts to misinform the public and to /trigger/ political intervention. And there were such attempts. ↗

— Mario Monti

#attempts #authors #deplore #i #intervention

The Italian economy has been held back for decades. ↗

— Mario Monti

#been #decades #economy #held #italian

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

— Mario Monti

#evasion #government #greatest #priorities #tackling

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

#confirmation #confirmed #europe #fact #go

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

— Mario Monti

#demand #government #hidden #italy #jargon

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

— Mario Monti

#guess #however #pose #question #try