Salvini Says Italian Budget Basics Won't Change: Brussels Update

Euro-area finance ministers gather in Brussels on Monday for their final meeting on buttressing the currency bloc before passing the baton to their leaders, who are expected to strike a deal later this month.

“I don’t think the European countries are living through a period of particularly excellent economic welfare otherwise we wouldn’t have had Brexit,” Italian Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini said during a Politico conference in Brussels.