Italy should not leave the euro zone, Silvio Berlusconi said, with which his main partner in the coalition immediately disagreed, highlighting the differences in the policy of the center-right bloc, which is expected to take most seats after the March elections, Reuters reports.
Berlusconi said in a radio interview that the rejection of the single currency would damage the Italian economy, and added that his main ally, the Eurosceptic party “League of the North”, now shares his opinion.
But the representative of the “League” in economics Claudio Borgi in response to this stated that if the center-rightists win the elections on March 4, they will immediately begin preparing for Italy’s exit from the eurozone, since this, in the view of many Italians, is the reason for the country’s economic lagging over the long years.
It is assumed that the conservative alliance, which includes the right-wing party “The Brothers of Italy”, will win the majority of seats in the elections, but will not receive an absolute majority.
In an interview with Radio Capital, 81-year-old Berlusconi, whose party Forza Italia (“Forward, Italy!”) Is the leader of the coalition, said that he speaks on behalf of the leader of the “League of the North” Matteo Salvini, who mixed signals about the eurozone.
“Salvini does not think that we should leave the euro,” Berlusconi said. “He realized that it would be technically impossible and unsustainable for our economy.”
The League has softened its anti-European rhetoric lately, but Berlusconi, who often in the past claimed to be acting on behalf of others, may have exaggerated the change in tone,
Shortly thereafter, Borgy looked quite differently at the position of the “League” in a television interview.
Italian President Sergio Matarella signed decrees on the early dissolution of the country’s parliament and the holding of new parliamentary elections in 2018.
In Italy, a few days before the 2018 uprising, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies were officially dissolved. The new parliamentary elections in the country are scheduled for March 4, 2018.
Against the backdrop of the weakest economic growth among developed economies in recent years in Italy, many predictions will remain political instability. There are predictions that the situation in 2013 may repeat, when political parties could not form a coalition government.