League leader Matteo Salvini said
Tuesday that Italy should not feel obliged to respect the
European Union's 3% deficit-to-GDP-ratio limit if it is not in
its interests.
"The little number three doesn't exist for us if it damages
Italian companies and families," Salvini said regarding the
deficit limit.
"There are EU regulations that damage Italian families and
for a Salvini government they do not exist, such as the
Bolkestein and the banks directive".
Ex-premier and Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi,
Salvini's coalition partner, told the European People's Party
(EPP) on Monday that Italy would respect the 3% deficit limit if
the centre right wins the March 4 general election.
Luigi Di Maio, the premier candidate of the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), has also mooted the
idea of breaking the deficit threshold.
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