'Concerned on budget, dialogue with EU'

(ANSA) - Rome, October 24 - Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, president of the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI), on Wednesday voiced concern over a budget clash between Italy and the European Union and said dialogue with the EU was essential.
    "I'm concerned because I'm certainly thinking of the present, and the intentions are good, but I'm also thinking of the future," Bassetti said at a Migrantes meeting in Rome.
    "They will have to take into account some suggestions to improve this budget".
    The European Commission on Tuesday took the unprecedented step of rejecting a member State's budget and said Rome must present a revised draft in three weeks' time.
    Bassetti added: "I hope that on all sides there is a spirit of collaboration, especially in this moment dialogue is necessary also with Europe".