5-Star Movement (M5S) premier
candidate Luigi Di Maio said Monday that, if there were a
referendum on the euro, he would vote to quit the single
currency, while stressing that he did not think that would be
necessary.
"If a referendum happened, which, however, I consider to be a
last resort, it is clear that I would vote to quit, because it
would mean that Europe has not listened to us," Di Maio told La7
television.
"But today I see opportunity from Europe".
But the M5S is not aiming to quit the euro if it gets into
power, Di Maio stressed.
On his Facebook page, Di Maio said "the government goal of
the M5S is absolutely not quitting the euro, but to make the
permanence of our country in the single currency an advantageous
position for Italy".
He said "our position is a pragmatic choice, not
ideological".
"The Movement," he said, "in government will take a package
of proposals into Europe.
"Reasonable proposals, shared also by other European
countries, proposals which only in words the preceding
governments have brought forward, given that they have not
obtained no results."
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