This is certainly not the first case in which a merger approved in one place hasn't gone through in the other. There was a case last year where the merger between two EU companies was approved here and blocked in the U.S.
Mario MontiIf the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.
Mario MontiThere was in Italy a hidden demand for a boring government which would try to tell the truth in non-political jargon.
Mario Monti