A "democracia burguesa" a se liquidar aos poucos

Mario Monti, o primeiro-ministro (não eleito) de Itália, em entrevista a Der Spiegel:

But one statement in his interview in particular has sparked a contentious debate. Monti said that European leaders needed to defend their freedom to act against parliaments. "If governments allow themselves to be entirely bound to the decisions of their parliament, without protecting their own freedom to act, a break up of Europe would be a more probable outcome than deeper integration."