Enrico Letta: "The attitude of the Netherlands and Austria is irresponsible"

LE FIGARO. - How do you react to the failure of the 27 to decide on common economic measures?

Enrico LETTA. - Unfortunately, we see once again the historic cleavage between “cicadas” and “ants”. The latter, self-proclaimed virtuous, accuse others of wanting to spend too much. This is irresponsible on the part of founding countries such as the Netherlands, which seek to replace the United Kingdom in a role of "Doctor No", or Austria. The virus has nothing to do with deficit or debt and affects us all.

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What are the reactions in Italy?

This takes Italy to a new step in Euroscepticism and feeds the rhetoric of certain politicians, like Matteo Salvini, who are just waiting for that. It's easier to talk about this or the case of the blocked German masks than to explain the positive measures taken by the European Central Bank (ECB) to be able to buy more Italian debt. This Covid-19 is used in propaganda,

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