Using the European Stability
Mechanism (ESM) bailout fund in the coronavirus crisis would be
"like going to the loan shark", opposition nationalist League
party leader Matteo Salvini said Monday.
The ESM gives out loans at usury rates, like when you go to
the loan shark," he said, adding that Italians don't want money
from other countries.
"It would be enough for us to use the money that the Italians
have given to Europe in these years".
The Eurogroup agreed last week that the ESM could grant
coronavirus funding for up to 2% of GDP, but Premier Giuseppe
Conte has said Italy will not use the bailout fund.
He has attacked Salvini and others on the centre right for
accusing him of agreeing to the ESM use, and Salvini and allies
have accused the premier of using RAI state broadcaster for
alleged propaganda against them.
The clash has been taken up by the parliamentary oversight
commission on RAI.
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