Claudio Borghi, the president of
the Lower House's budget committee, on Tuesday said he thought
Italy would be better off if it had its own currency.
"I'm totally convinced that Italy would resolve most of its
problems with its own currency," Borghi, a member of Deputy
Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's League party,
told RAI radio.
"Having control of one's own means in monetary policy is a
necessary condition - although not sufficient - to carry out the
ambitious and enormous project of renewal.
"But it is necessary to have the awareness and agreement of
the citizens to be able to take this step.
"If we had objectively wanted to clash with the European
Union to get this outcome, we would have declared a 3.1%
deficit, not a 2.4% one.
"In reality, we simply want to carry out the policies that,
at the moment, are the minimum necessary to enable the economy
to be a little better".
Borghi said later: "I'm for leaving the euro but it's not in
the government contract".
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