Padoan Warns on Exit Risk as Greece Gives Ground on Sales
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Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan set out the risks of a euro breakup as Greece gave in to creditor demands for the privatization of state assets.
Greece leaving the euro area would pose economic and financial challenges to the rest of the bloc, because it would undermine policy makers’ claims that monetary union is permanent, Padoan said. Still, Greece would suffer the most.