European Union doubts on Italy's
commitment to respecting deficit and debt rules have been
dispelled, Economy Minister Giovanni Tria told the annual
general meeting of the Italian Banking Association (ABI) on
Friday.
He also said that the government's forecast of 0.2% growth
this year "remains valid", and that growth since the start of
the year had been "satisfactory".
"The doubts unduly spread about our government's policy
coherence with the framework of European rules have been
dispelled," he said on ABI's 100th anniversary celebrations.
"The government has shown its firm will to maintain a role in
Europe," he said.
The government recently passed a 7.6 billion euro
supplementary budget to avert an EU infringement procedure for
breaking the debt rule.
Tria has vowed it will stick to EU rules in net year's budget
while passing a sweeping tax reform to include a dual rate 'flat
tax'.
Italy has earned a positive vote from EU fiscal officials,
who say however they will be closely watching the 2020 budget
bill.
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