(see related stories on effort by M5S, League to form a new
government).
Italy must continue to respect
its commitments to the European Union, including pledges to cut
its big public debt, regardless of who takes over the helm of
the new government in Rome, European Commission Vice President
Valdis Dombrovskis has said.
Asked about Italy during an interview with Politico,
Dombrovskis said the Commission would recommend next week that
Italy reduces its deficit and its debt, adding this was an
"approach" that it would maintain "independently of the
government that will come".
"(Italian President Sergio) Mattarella himself stressed the
need to maintain European commitments during the
government-formation process," he said.
"It is clear that the approach to the formation of the new
government and the approach with respect to financial stability
must be that of the current path, gradually reducing the deficit
and gradually reducing the public debt".
The anti-migrant, Euroskeptic League and the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement are currently in talks to
form a new government in Rome.
During the election campaign, both parties failed to rule out
breaching the EU's deficit limits.
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