PARIS (MNI) – There is light in the tunnel of the European crisis,
if political leaders are able to stick to the reform path they decided
this summer, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said Tuesday.
The worst is over, “provided we are not too certain and we thus
maintain attention to arrive at adequate decisions,” Monti said in a
radio interview, predicting that Europe “will exit the crisis and exit
stronger.”
Italy itself is already “doing better” today in terms of budget
discipline, financial market stability and the elimination of obstacles
to future growth, the prime minister argued. But “it is not doing better
with respect to growth at this moment,” he conceded.
“Evidently it was an intensive cure which will bring results over
time,” he added.
Asked whether he wanted to continue to lead Italy after next year’s
general elections, Monti said his personal ambition had “no importance
at all.”
“I want the reforms to be pursued,” he said. “Perhaps there will be
other reformers who will be able to do it better and faster than I.”
–Paris newsroom +331 4271 5540; email: ssandelius@mni-news.com
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