German Finance Minister Peter
Altmaier and his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire on Thursday
said they were "optimistic" that the upcoming Italian general
election would produce a pro-European government. "We remain
optimistic that pro-European forces will prevail in Italy too,
as they already did in Netherlands and France," they said. "We
are not at all worried", Altmeier said. "Elections are part of a
all democratic systems and I think it is absolutely wise as
national ministers not to meddle in their election campaigns of
our neighbours". Le Maire said "I echo all that".
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