30/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with the Corriere della Sera on Friday, European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti admitted that he had "been very sad" to hear that we could not continue his "undertaking" as Commissioner (the Italian government having nominated the Minister of European Affairs Rocco Buttiglione for Barroso's Commission). Mr Monti recalled that, at his 4 July meeting with Silvio Berlusconi, during which the Italian Prime Minister is said to have persuaded him...