Premier Giuseppe Conte said
Monday that the budget plan for 2019 was set out according to
the government's intentions but added that Rome was willing to
have talks with the EU about the package.
He was speaking after Economy Minister Giovanni Tria
responded to the European Commission's letter of reproach over
the package, which sees Italy's deficit running at 2.4% of GDP
next year.
"We wanted to explain our budget in the letter to the EU,"
Conte told reporters at the foreign press association in Rome.
"In this letter we explained why we set it out in this way,
we explained the direction of our economic policy, the
objectives we intend to achieve.
"But we are willing to get around a table to continue
dialogue with the European Commission.
"If it is rejected (by the Commission), we will sit at a
table and assess things together".
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