Mes, Gentiloni at the EU summit in Stockholm: “Ratification in Italy should not be under discussion”

“In the times and ways that the Italian Government and Parliament decide, Italy’s ratification of the European Stability Mechanism should not be in question. It was decided more than two years ago”.

So the European Commissioner for the Economy, Paul Gentiloniarriving at the informal Ecofin-Eurogroup in Stockholm, clarifies what member countries expect from Italy, the only one that has not yet ratified the changes to the Mes.

Gentiloni also took the opportunity to take up the proposal to reform the Stability Pact presented this week by the Commission: for Gentiloni the fact that there are critical reactions in Germany, but also in the opposite direction from other parts such as Italy “could mean either that we really have a very good and balanced proposal or that we live on another planet, but we don’t live on another planet”. Today on the theme “as they say in diplomacy I expect a constructive attitude”, he explained. “The differences between the various countries” “are obviously there”, but “we are committed to a dialogue. It is a very first opportunity we will have many others, but I am confident that the basis provided by the commission can facilitate”.

A passage on the Def mess, with the majority failing to approve the debt proposed by the government, could not be missing. “I trust today”, Gentiloni limited himself to saying.