Mario Monti’s Nordic Dream

As the EU’s top competition official a decade ago, Mario Monti was regarded as a very Anglo-Saxon regulator. Today, he is the most Nordic prime minister that Italy has ever had – in a country where politics and society remain anything but Nordic.

ROME – Mario Monti, Italy’s prime minister, is a self-styled German among Italian economists. As the European Union’s top competition official a decade ago, he was regarded as a very Anglo-Saxon regulator. Today, he is the most Nordic prime minister that Italy has ever had.

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