Interior Minister and Deputy
Premier Matteo Salvini said Monday the populist government would
"resist" the widening of the bond spread and speculative attacks
in the wake of a Wall Street Journal article saying there was
the risk of capital flight from Italy.
"The government wants to benefit Italians and I think this
government is not liked by many, strong powers, representatives
of the financial world and the technocracy who wanted to squeeze
Italy and take at a bargain the last companies in this country,"
he said.
"They won't do it, so we will resist the spread, downgrades,
speculation and attacks," said the leader of the rightwing
nationalist League party, which is euroskeptic and anti-migrant.
The WSJ said Italy, under the new government of the League
and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), might pose a
financial risk for Europe.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
