(ANSA - Paris, November 5 - Levying sanctions on Italy if it
refuses to amend its 2019 budget bill would be the "worst
solution", European Economic and Affairs Commissioner Pierre
Moscovici said Monday.
"A word I totally refuse is the word 'punish'," he said.
"I have never been a partisan of sanctions. Sanctions are
always what may happen in the end, but they are the worst ways
out".
Moscovici said he was in favour of "uninterrupted, continuous
and vigorous dialogue" with Italy.
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