The newly reappointed President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso asked the former EU Competition Commissar Mario Monti to draw a report and advance “options and recommendations” to re-launch the European Union internal market. Istituo Bruno Leoni, Italy, recently published a critical appraisal of the Monti report. Our Director of research, Pierre Garello, contributed to this analysis of the propositions currently in vogue in Brussels.