Mario Monti continues to shy away, and he also does so in the speech that closes the meeting in Cernobbio. In fact, during the three days of the usual international workshop organized by The European House – Ambrosetti, the watchword was "Monti-bis", but the person concerned did not want to say too much right up to the end. “My government is an episode, the experience of the technical government is limited in time”, reiterated the professor, however saying he was confident that "the skills will remain, the legacy of the importance of skills in political activity will remain", or that the guideline is now outlined and any executive arriving in 2013 will be able to operate in line of continuity with austerity and the reforms set by the technical team.
Of this certainty, according to the Prime Minister, must be given about the political forces ("the parties have shown that they have a sense of responsibility by resisting the pressures of the lobbies, the low degree of consideration they have does not deserve it") but especially to the Italians: "Yesterday's poll confirms it, but it was still my impression: the citizens are not scandalized by the caretaker government or by the possibility that this could happen again", even through a grand coalition, "and they must be acknowledged for having shown a willingness to rigor, despite the heavy loads to which they were subjected".
“I also want to add – continued Monti in listing the strictly political findings of his own experience at Palazzo Chigi – that we have often thought that Italians are ungovernable, but that is not the case: the demand for institutions is there, the problem is that sometimes there is a lack of supply”. A thought also went to his predecessor Silvio Berlusconi, "for whom it must not have been psychologically easy to leave in November, but both at that moment and in the following months he did not lack loyalty and support".
Finally, answering the question on the upcoming anti-corruption decree: "The competent ministers, Cancellieri and Patroni Griffi, know very well how much the Prime Minister wants this measure to be taken, also because it is now clear, indeed very clear, that corruption is one of the first obstacles to development in this country, as well as harmful to a peaceful civil coexistence". Yes, development: "We are all committed to supporting Minister Passera's initiatives on growth". This is what Italy and Europe are waiting for.
