Deficit 'prejudice' agst us - Di Maio

(ANSA) - Rome, October 2 - Deputy Premier Luigi Di Maio said Tuesday that EU officials were "prejudiced" against a budget with a 2.4% deficit when other countries had gone even higher. "This 2.4% is scandalous while others before us did everything they wanted: now they're criticising our budget without even having read it, I have to think there's a prejudice", he said.
    "Threats will not stop us," he added.