The anti-establishment 5-Star
Movement (M5S) are still pressing Economy Minister Giovanni Tria
to issue a decree compensating bilked bank savers and to get rid
of an advisor who has been accused of being too cool towards the
M5S-League government.
Claudia Bugno on Tuesday pulled out of a proposed job at STM
Microelectronics because of the row but stayed on as an economy
ministry advisor.
The M5S on Wednesday reiterated their demand that Bugno
should quit.
Tria counter-attacked in Corriere della Sera newspaper saying
"only trash has been launched against me" and rejected all
notion of his quitting as well.
"That talk is nonsense," he said.
"If I quit we'd have to see what the reaction of the markets
would be".
The centre-right and centre-left oppositions defended the
ministers and said he was being subjected to "intimidation".
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