Salvini Says Italy’s Exit From Euro Has Never Been His Plan
- Deputy premier calls for constructive budget dialogue with EU
- Claim contradicts 2018 manifesto backing a ‘negotiated exit’
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Italy’s Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini said pulling the country out of the euro or the European Union “has never been in the works,” according to the Ansa news agency.
The League party leader, who is seeking early elections after ditching his coalition partnership with the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, was speaking in the Southern city of Policoro as part of a series of summer beach rallies. He pledged a “constructive dialogue” with the EU over Italy’s 2020 budget, preparation of which would be upended by an expected snap election sometime in October.