The rightist nationalist
opposition League party of Matteo Salvini wants to leave the
euro and is therefore an enemy of Italy, Economy Minister
Roberto Gualtieri said Thursday.
"It's well known that (House Budget Committee Chair Claudio)
Borghi and the League are for exiting the euro and therefore
they confirm themselves as enemies of Italy's interests, and of
safeguarding savings," he said.
"If we were to do to do what Borghi says the Italians would
lose a lot of money, the value of their wages and their pensions
would be drastically reduced, and therefore Italy would be a
much poorer country, it is a failed recipe which luckily does
not meet with Italians' favour".
Gualtieri was speaking to journalists at the end of an ECOFIN
meeting in Brussels.
Borghi has recently toned down his strongly euroskeptic
views.
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