Of Paolo Decrestina

After three months, the negotiations led to the desired result: none infringement procedure. Europe, for now, it spares us and does not take measures for excessive debt against Italy. But the solution, they assure from Brussels, It's certainly not "ideal", because "it does not provide a long-term solution for Italy's economic problems". In short, «it allows us to avoid opening a debt procedure for now, provided that the negotiated measures are fully implemented.", said the vice-president of the EU Commission Valdis Dombrovskis clearly, according to which «the additional measures found by Italy amount to 10,25 billion". An agreement blessed by the head of state: «Despite obvious difficulties – said Sergio Mattarella speaking at the Quirinale – the risk of a short circuit between the urgency of providing quick responses must be avoided, stimulated by disorientation and emotion, and the need for longer times needed to define solutions, effective, long-lasting and sustainable".

Objective achieved

So negotiations concluded, objective achieved , because «give it 0,8% of the initial Italian maneuver, the structural deterioration has now been brought to zero", recalled the commissioner for economic affairs Pierre Moscovici but relations between Rome and Brussels remain lukewarm, even though the commissioner himself was keen to point out that "we have demonstrated that the Commission is not the enemy of the Italian people". In short, for Moscovici it is «a victory for political dialogue that the Commission preferred over confrontation. Some had hoped for a crisis, instead we have always aimed for a solution".

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