With Silvio Berlusconi having resigned as Italian prime minister, his likely replacement, former EU Commissioner Mario Monti, faces an unenviable task as he tries to save his country from bankruptcy and ejection from the eurozone. Full Article at Independent.ie
Stocks initially climbed after Mario Monti, a former European Union competition commissioner, was appointed Italy's new prime minister. Full Article at Independent.ie
FORMER European Union Competition Commissioner Mario Monti is in a race against time to restore Italy's finances as the markets continue to pile the pressure on the heavily indebted-country. Full Article at Independent.ie
Most centrists and centre-left parties in the opposition have pledged support for a Monti government, saying the former European Union competition commissioner has the moral authority and economic know-how to get Italy to pass long-delayed structural reforms... Full Article at Independent.ie
ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government will soon be replaced by a government of technocrats led by former European Union commissioner Mario Monti, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said yesterday, citing a "high class rumour". Full Article at Independent.ie
Quotes mentioning European Union and Mario Monti
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti stepped up calls for the European Union to complement budget-austerity policies with measures to spur economic growth. 'Now, Europe needs policies for the increase of potential growth,' Monti told a conference... 'This needs to be done both at the EU level and the nati...
We discussed with the chancellor that during this phase of European life in which the most acute phase of the financial crisis appears to be definitively over, we certainly cannot relax ... The EU must enter a phase in which it gives the same attention to growth, especially in youth employment.
Following the signing of the fiscal compact, the European Union needs to enter a phase of growth and jobs
Italy must again be and must increasingly be an element of strength, not weakness in a European Union that we helped found and in which we should be protagonists
In a moment of particular difficulty for Italy, in a troubled global and European context, the country must win the challenge to redeem itself. Italy needs to return to being an element of strength and not weakness in the European Union, of which we were founders and in which we need to be protagonists
Quotes by European Union about Mario Monti
Quotes by Mario Monti about European Union
We discussed with the chancellor that during this phase of European life in which the most acute phase of the financial crisis appears to be definitively over, we certainly cannot relax ... The EU must enter a phase in which it gives the same attention to growth, especially in youth employment.
Following the signing of the fiscal compact, the European Union needs to enter a phase of growth and jobs
Italy must again be and must increasingly be an element of strength, not weakness in a European Union that we helped found and in which we should be protagonists
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso welcomes Italian Prime minister Mario Monti (L) before a bilateral meeting at the EU headquarters... View Photo »
(L-R) Italian President of the Fiancial Stability Board, Governor of the Bank of Italy Mario Draghi and Italian Prime Minister and... View Photo »
(L-R) Italian Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mario Monti and Luxembourg Prime Minister and Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker... View Photo »
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, left, speaks with Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker during a meeting of eurozone... View Photo »
Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, right, speaks with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, center, during a meeting of... View Photo »
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