(ANSA) - Rome, January 12 - "Everyone, including the markets"
was "perplexed" by the European Central Bank's recent estimation
that 8.8 billion euros and not the government's planned five
billion were needed for Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) but ties
with European institutions remain "excellent," Economy Minister
Pier Carlo Padoan said Thursday. He said "I simply said the
communications policy could be improved," Padoan told parliament
in briefing it on the government's 20-billion-euro
'save-savings' decree.
'Perplexed' by ECB on MPS (2)
'Everyone, even markets' taken aback by ECB statement