European People's Party (EPP)
leader Manfred Weber has reportedly said the 5-Star Movement and
the League, who look set to form a coalition government in
Italy, are taking huge risks with the policies they are
proposing.
"You are playing with fire because Italy is heavily
indebted," Weber was quoted as saying by German media about a
future M5S-League government.
He reportedly said that "irrational or populist actions could
cause a new eurozone crisis" and made "an appeal to stay within
the confines of reason".
The anti-migrant Euroskeptic League immediately rejected
Weber's contention and said he was the one playing with fire by
continuing to try to assert alleged German hegemony.
"The League-M5S government will act in the interests of the
Italians, not that of the Germans!" said League EP Whip Mara
Bizzotto.
"It's Weber who's playing with fire: the time when Italy took
orders from Berlin is over".
Bizzotto said Weber "should mind his own bloody business, the
Italians are tired of taking orders from Brussels and Berlin!
"Let Weber put his mind at ease: the time when Merkel and her
proconsuls in Brussels set up and knocked down Italian
governments according to the interests of Germans and their
banks is over".
League leader Matteo Salvini tweeted: "after the French,
today is the turn of German threats: 'you're playing with fire
because Italy is heavily indebted' says Manfred Weber, leader of
the EPP...Let him think of Germany, and we'll think about the
good of Italy!"
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