(ANASA) - Rome, February 15 - Italy has no intention of
leaving the European Union, Deputy Premier and Euroskeptic
League leader Matteo Salvini said Friday after the League's
economic pointsman Claudio Borghi said Rome should exit the EU
if it is "still toxic" after May's European elections.
"We have no intention of leaving Europe, we want to change
it, improve it bit not abandon it," said Salvini, who is also
interior minister.
League economy pointman Borghi said earlier Friday that Italy
should consider leaving the EU if the bloc does not change
radically following the May 26 European elections.
"I think that this is the last chance. If, after the European
elections, the same mandarins led by Germany are the ones
driving the economic, social and migratory policies, for the
sole benefit of Germany and to our detriment, I'll say we should
leave," Borghi said.
"We either manage to change it or we'll have to come out".
The League MP said the EU project was a "failure" and "toxic
for Italy".
"If the environment remains toxic, I'll say let's get out,"
he said.
Rome should say clearly if it wants to exit the European
Union, European Parliament President Antonio Tajani said.
"Let the Italian government say clearly whether it wants to
leave the euro and the European Union," Tajani said on Twitter.
"Too many ambiguities and ill-considered declarations only
cause harm to Italy and the Italians".
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