Mario Monti

2 Mar 2013

Italy's European partners had hoped for a new government in Rome with the electoral legitimacy to complete the economic reform and austerity measures launched by outgoing Italian prime minister...

Italy faces stalemate after election shock

26 Feb 2013

Italy faced political deadlock on Tuesday after a stunning election that saw the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement of comic Beppe Grillo become the strongest party in the country but left no...

Italians head to polls as Europe watches

24 Feb 2013

European capitals will be watching closely since, whatever the result, there is likely to be a change from outgoing technocratic premier Mario Monti’s agenda of austerity and economic reforms.

Talking points

23 Feb 2013

Hollywood honours its best … and worst

PM Mario Monti tries to shake staid image ahead of Italian elections

13 Jan 2013

Mocked for his long economic lectures and his old fogey clothes, former economics professor turned prime minister Mario Monti is trying to spruce up his image to win voters ahead of elections next...

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Who said it?

A lot of the gang leaders are now girls and they are getting younger and more masculine

Social worker Ted Tam Chung-Hoi

A new political formation is born

Prime Minister Mario Monti leads centrist grouping for election

Italy's confused election campaign has taken another twist, with the outgoing prime minister Mario Monti formally entering the race and the country's respected national anti-mafia prosecutor...

Monti says ready to lead Italy again as elections loom

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Sunday he was ready to govern the country again as head of a pro-reform coalition in favour of change in Italy and Europe but would not be a candidate in...

WHO SAID IT?

Who said it?

On the eve of the most important decision of his political life … he's gripped by doubts, he's tormented

An Italian newspaper describes Mario Monti's indecision about whether to run in...

ITALY

Italy's Mario Monti weighs whether to run against Silvio Berlusconi in polls

Italy's president dissolved the parliament yesterday to set the stage for general elections early next year as Prime Minister Mario Monti weighs whether to run for office after handing in his...

ITALY

Italian PM Mario Monti resigns ahead of elections

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti resigned on Friday with his political plans still in doubt, paving the way for early elections next year in a lynchpin eurozone state still mired in recession....