Italian Deputy Prime Minister, leader of the Five-Star Movement Luigi Di Maio said in his Facebook page that European Commission’s rejection of the country’s budget is not a surprise. He said, “this is the first Italian budget that the EU doesn’t like. I am not surprised. This is the first Italian budget that was written in Rome and not in Brussels.”
And he added “with the damage they had done before, we could not continue with their policies”, referring to the European commission”. Di Maio pledged to ” continue to tell the European commission what we want to do with respect. But equally respect must be for the Italian people and the government that represents it today.”
