Industry Minister Carlo Calenda
said Friday that he was against the idea of holding early
elections, arguing the nation should return to the polls at the
end of the current parliamentary term next year.
"I think the vote should be at the end of the parliamentary
term for some good reasons of good sense," Calenda told a forum
organised by daily newspaper Il Foglio.
"We have to complete the reforms, there is the issue of the
(struggling Italian) banks to face and, in the middle of
election campaign, this would create problems.
"We have to prepare the DEF (economic blueprint) and an
extremely challenging budget for next year.
"Dissolving parliament with the French elections taking place
would be a gamble. If the German elections go well too (though),
there will be a backlash against populism".
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