71 Quotes by Mario Monti

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.

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 where I think it would be beneficial to have the UK fully at the table.

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

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

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

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

Italy needed structural reforms to become more competitive.

The Italian economy has been held back for decades.

Yes, online music services should develop rapidly, but with a diversity of service providers.