Democratic Party (PD) leader
Matteo Renzi said in an interview published Thursday that
Premier Paolo Gentiloni knew about a motion that the centre-left
group presented this week critical of the Bank of Italy and had
no objections.
"The government was not simply informed: it was in
agreement," ex-premier Renzi told Quotidiano Nazionale.
"The government was not just aware of the parliamentary
motion, those who know parliamentary law, know that this motion
featured the government's opinion.
"This was there and it was positive".
Renzi added that he did not consider the motion an attack on
the central bank's independence.
"Doesn't parliament have the right to discuss things, while
stressing there there is no personal issues with Governor
Ignazio Visco?", he said.
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