Outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti’s government accomplished a major pension reform, cut public spending, and raised taxes. But Italian voters overwhelmingly rejected his approach, in part because austerity did not appear to extend to elected officials or to major parts of the large ecosystem of departments, enterprises, and unions that surround government.
即将卸任的总理马里奥·蒙蒂（Mario Monti）所领导的政府完成了主要的养老金改革、削减了公共支出并提高了税收。但绝大部分意大利选民都反对他的做法，这在某种程度上是因为财政紧缩似乎并未波及到选举官员及围绕政府的部门、企业、工会这些大型生态系统的主要部分。