Bersani Aide Fassina Denies Signaling Euro Could Disintegrate

The economic-policy spokesman for the frontrunner in Italy’s election campaign said he does believe the euro is irreversible and his comments signalling Europe’s monetary union could disintegrate were misreported.

“What I said has been reported in a definitely improper way,” Stefano Fassina, head of economic policy for the coalition led by Pier Luigi Bersani, said today about his speech at a Rome event yesterday. “What I said is that in order to make it possible for the euro, which is not an optimal monetary area, to exploit its potential at best, we need to change the course of action.”