Italy's Democrats Claim League, Five Star Had Euro Exit Plan

  • League’s Giorgetti says ‘option never went into contract’
  • Populist ministerial pick spoke of plan for euro exit in 2015

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Italy’s Democratic Party signaled a return to campaign mode as it charged its rivals, the League and the Five Star Movement, with having prepared a plan to pull the country out of the euro if they had succeeded in forming a government together.

The two parties gambled with the country’s well-being “with a project to take Italy out of the euro zone, and they did it in a ruthless way,” acting PD leader Maurizio Martina wrote on Twitter. League head Matteo Salvini and Five Star chief Luigi Di Maio have both denied any plan to leave the euro.