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22/11/2008

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Monti, Mario

2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.

Corriere della Sera - Italy | 26/06/2007

Has Angela Merkel saved Europe?

Italian economist Mario Monti, a former member of the European Commission, highlights the brilliance of how Angela Merkel orchestrated the summit in Brussels. "Two years ago, after the French and Dutch 'No' to the constitutional treaty of 2004, Europe's path seemed blocked. Again one month ago, the German president's task resembled squaring a circle: to bring together the 27 governments representing 18 state members who have already ratified the treaty, two countries who have rejected it by referendum without really understanding why and seven countries who have opted not to complete the process of ratification... . It would have been a laudable result to have all the states agree on a single method to follow. Angela Merkel went further. With typically Prussian determination and feminine patience, she succeeded in convincing her 26 companions to have the Intergovernmental Conference prepare a new text."

Corriere della Sera - Italy | 04/03/2007

Italy's unique role in restarting Europe

"The European Council will meet on Thursday, March 8th, under Angela Merkel's presidency. Along with taking decisions on economical development, European countries will enter a particularly important three-month cycle. After two years of confusion, the EU will think about its past, remembering the Rome Treaty, adopted on a March 25th, 50 years ago", writes the economist Mario Monti, former member of the EC. "Because of the uncertainty of the French election's outcome and the United Kingdom's degree of 'Europeanism' after Blair's departure, it is on Italy that Germany is counting (...). Europe must modernize its institutions in order for it to efficiently play its due role on the international scene. For this, an agreement about a new treaty is of vital importance. Let's hope Germany will succeed in relaunching the process. Let's hope Italy will come will be of help."

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