Italy was irked after an EU summit
rejected the idea of 'coronabonds' to fund measures to offset
the economic impact of the coronavirus.
"They want us to get into debt so they can punish us," said
Industry Minister Stefano Patuanelli, while Foreign Minister
Luigi Di Maio said "Europe should be more fair".
EU leaders took two weeks for further talks on the economic
response to the pandemic after Italy rejected the use of the
European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and northern European fiscal
hawks rejected the use of coronabonds.
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