Premier Giuseppe Conte told
Corriere.it Monday that he had opposed a deal between German
Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron
for a package of EU job appointments including giving Dutch
Socialist Frans Timmermans the presidency of the European
Commission because the accord risked "blowing on
anti-Europeanism".
He said "dear colleagues, I make a heartfelt plea to you, you
are committing a glaring mistake.
"If you insist on this package of appointments without taking
into account our requests, you do not fail to respect me but all
the millions of citizens I represent" and the millions of
citizens of countries outside the accord," Conte told the
European Council.
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