Mario Monti - Prime Minister of Italy, 2011-2013

Stephen Sackur speaks to former Italian prime minister, EU commissioner and ardent integrationist Mario Monti. Are reports of the EU's resurgence somewhat premature?

After a bleak decade of economic stagnation, internal dysfunction and public disaffection in the EU, officials in Brussels claim the tide has turned. But is there really a renewed appetite for deeper European integration while Britain is still searching for an exit strategy?